"If there was no other motive in view [except] to have the privilege of reading over our journals and for our children to read, it would pay for the time spent in writing it."

-- Wilford Woodruff

#Children Quotes #Reading Quotes #Writing Quotes

“I'm usually always thinking about the cons.”
“If I've got any small role in this matter, it's to say to Scots Americans: under no circumstances make Donald Trump President of the United States of America.”

Source : "Hillary Clinton emotional but makes call for unity under Donald Trump's presidency in concession speech" by Barney Henderson, Harriet Alexander, David Lawler and Rob Crilly, www.telegraph.co.uk. November 10, 2016.
“Most people's intuitions are drowned out by folk sayings. We have a moment of real feeling or insight, and then we come up with a folk saying that captures the insight in a kind of wash. The intuition may be real and ripe, fresh with possibilities, but the folk saying is guaranteed to be a cliche, stale and self-contained.”
“As if our happiness, our good fortune, might rub off, contestants ask us for a light: they brush up against us in the halls, pull strands of hair off our clothing. Whenever we leave our bed, our room -- not often -- two or three are sure to be lurking just outside our door.”
“You want to know about anybody? See what books they read, and how they've been read...”

Source : Keri Hulme (2005). “The Bone People: A Novel”, p.348, LSU Press
“One last important influence I'll mention is Flannery O'Connor. In high school I shoplifted her Complete Stories. Having read "Good Country People" for class, I really just felt a home in her work. I had little guilt about the theft at the time. I sucked in my stomach and shoved the book into my pants. It's very big. I can still feel how it cut into my body in the most exciting way. Clearly, I don't feel guilt-free about this crime anymore - I wouldn't be mentioning here, looking for some absolution if I did.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“You can save the city, but having the city be in jeopardy is one thing and having the people you care about be in jeopardy is another.”
“Life will force you to make changes you never wanted to make”

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