"You get a good review, and itâ€™s like crack. You need another hit. And another. And another. I know authors are like Tinkerbell and generally need applause to survive, but itâ€™s a slippery slope."

-- Alexandra Bracken

#Cracks Quotes #Needs Quotes #Tinkerbell Quotes

“Of the thousands of people, celebrated and unknown, who have sat before my camera, I am often asked who was the most difficult subject, or the easiest, or which picture is my favorite. This last question is like asking a mother which child she likes the most”
“For the young people here: practicality is a good thing. There are times where compromise is necessary. That's part of wisdom. But it's also important to hang on to what you believe.”
“When one studies strongly radioactive substances special precautions must be taken. Dust, the air of the room, and one's clothes, all become radioactive.”
“Political and social history are in my view two aspects of the same process. Social life loses half its interest and political movements lose most of their meaning if they are considered separately.”
“I'm a little bit of an amateur political junkie.”

Source : "How Herman Cain Became a Tim and Eric Character". Interview with David Weigel, www.slate.com. November 12, 2011.
“Privacy is a fundamental human need”
“The poetic act consists of suddenly seeing that an idea splits up into a number of equal motifs and of grouping them; they rhyme.”
“Kitchens were different then, too - not only what came out of them, but their smells and sounds. A hot pie cooling smells different from a frozen pie thawing.”

Source : Peg Bracken (1982). “A Window Over the Sink”, Avon Books

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