"My theory of characterization is basically this: Put some dirt on a hero, and put some sunshine on the villain, one brush stroke of beauty on the villain."

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Source : "Justin Cronin, author of The Passage, on book two of his vampire trilogy". Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. November 1, 2012.

Justin Cronin

#Hero Quotes #Sunshine Quotes #Dirt Quotes

“No amount of law enforcement can solve a problem that goes back to the family.”
“My last trip to New Orleans was for the fifth anniversary of Katrina, and I had the awesome opportunity to bring my family down. We all worked on a house together and met some of the families.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Nevertheless, the central affirmation of the Reformation stands: through no merit of ours, but by his mercy, WE HAVE BEEN RESTORED to a right relationship with God through the life, death, and resurrection of his beloved Son. This is the Good News, the gospel of Grace”
“We, the elders, have been patiently waiting until the last moment before quantum transformation. The destructive one-fourth must be eliminated from the social body.”
“The terrible thing about having New York go stale on you is that there's nowhere else. It's the top of the world.”
“I tried to contain myself... but I escaped!”
“Work is important to me. I want to do things for principle, not just for the sake of doing them.”
“We don't have the choice to control our emotions, but we do have the power to educate our emotions. And we do that through literature and through art and music to give ourselves a repertoire of emotional experiences.”

Source : "David Brooks: From Spouses to Sofas, ‘Emotions Tell Us What to Value’". Interview with Jeffrey Brown, www.pbs.org. March 8, 2011.

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