"That just the way it is. Some things will never change. That's just the way it is. But don't you believe them."

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Source : Malorie Blackman (2009). “Naughts & Crosses”, p.9, Simon and Schuster

Malorie Blackman

#Believe Quotes #Way Quotes #Never Change Quotes

“I'd rather be remembered as a famous painter than a famous model, so I'll have to start the ball rolling now.”
“I feel so sorry that many Christians live in bondage even though Jesus has signed their release form with His own blood.”

Source : Brother Yun, Paul Hattaway (2009). “The Heavenly Man: The Remarkable True Story of Chinese Christian Brother Yun”, p.322, Hendrickson Publishers
“I thought I was going to write fiction but I fell backwards into non-fiction. It started when I got locked out of two apartments in one day and I told the story to some friends, one of whom worked in the 'Village Voice' and asked me to turn it into an essay.”
“I'm self-sufficient. I spend a lot of time on my own and I shut off quite easily. When I communicate, I communicate 900 per cent, then I shut off, which scares people sometimes.”
“It's not the length but the quality of life that matters to me. It has always been important to me to write one sentence at a time, to live every day as if it were my last and judge it in those terms, often badly, not because it lacked grand gesture or grand passion but because it failed in the daily virtues of self-discipline, kindness, and laughter. It is love, very ordinary, human love, and not fear, which is the good teacher and the wisest judge.”
“It may be those who do most, dream most.”

Source : Stephen Leacock, Gerald Lynch (2002). “Leacock on Life”, p.52, University of Toronto Press
“The best advice on writing I've ever received was from William Zinsser: 'Be grateful for every word you can cut.'”
“I find day after day of sunshine boring.”

Source : "Sarah Sanguin Carter: Esquire's Summer Hostess". Interview with Steve Ciccarelli, www.esquire.com. June 06, 2011.

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