"When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance"

-- David Brin

#Book Quotes #Character Quotes #Past Quotes

“Respect the building blocks, master the fundamentals, and the potential is unlimited”
“Factors affecting effective regional cooperation are mindsets and perceptions emanating from the past”
“Sovereignty rests with me as an English MP and that's the way it will stay.”
“I just want to help people become winners. That's what I'm about. I'm about winning.”

Source : "A conversation with New Jersey Nets head coach Avery Johnson". Interview with Chad Bonham, www.beliefnet.com.
“The chaste severity of the fathers in whatever related to the commerce of the two sexes flowed from the same principle -- their abhorrence of every enjoyment which might gratify the sensual and degrade the spiritual nature of man. It was their favourite opinion, that if Adam had preserved his obedience to the Creator, he would have lived for ever in a state of virgin purity, and that some harmless mode of vegetation might have peopled paradise with a race of innocent and immortal beings.”
“It is critical to realize that underlying the extermination of nature is the marginalization of human beings. If we are to save what is wild, what is irreparable and majestic in nature, then we will ironically have to turn to each other and take care of all the human beings here on Earth. There is no boundary that will protect an environment from a suffering humanity.”
“How do you write when you're not miserable? The solution, of course, is to make yourself miserable about not writing.”

Source : "Go Forth". Interview with Brandon Hobson, logger.believermag.com. December 17, 2013.
“The only thing I can do is be right about what I say. Because I know I'm being watched. I understand what I'm facing. All I can do is put the work behind it.”

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