"I know publishing now more as an author than with occasional peaks inside those elite offices than as an industry insider. It was difficult publishing a novel the first time around, while working behind the scenes, knowing all that has to happen to make a book a success and to still make the leap as an author."

-- Jennifer Gilmore

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“Unselfish love does not exploit its object and it does not ask for anything in return.”
“I decide I'm not dead because I can hear the sound of the rain hitting the roof of the car. I'm alive because I'm listening to the rain, and the rain becomes the hand of God strumming his fingers on the roof, deciding what to do.”

Source : Lisa Genova (2011). “Left Neglected”, p.71, Simon and Schuster
“I am an Australian citizen, and I miss my country a great deal.”
“When I wake up, the other side of the bed is cold. My fingers stretch out, seeking Prim`s warmth but finding only the rough canvas cover of the mattress. She must have had bad dreams and climbed in with our mother. Of course, she did. This is the day of the Reaping.”
“Rather than go from one life to another, I think I live a lot of lives at the same time. I've done that ever since I was a child. It seemed that I was inhabited by some B movie.”
“Food is everything. Food, friends, family: Those are the most important things in life.”
“In Hollywood a romantic man is one who talks to you after sex.”
“I can honestly say that I'm not a person who thinks about awards, as much I think about the work itself.”

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