"When I wrote The Interestings, I wanted to let time unspool, to give the book the feeling of time passing. I had to allow myself the freedom to move back and forth in time freely, and to trust that readers would accept this."

-- Meg Wolitzer

#Moving Quotes #Book Quotes #Giving Quotes

“I'm not sayin I'm a pothead, cause I'm not. I'm just sayin that I smoke a lot.”
“Theorists write all the popular books on science: Heinz Pagels, Frank Wilczek, Stephen Hawking, Richard Feynman, et al. And why not? They have all that spare time.”

Source : Leon M. Lederman, Dick Teresi (1993). “The God Particle: If the Universe is the Answer, what is the Question?”, p.15, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“While I am humbled by the widespread encouragement of so many and hold in the highest esteem those who serve us in federal office, I know that my head and my heart, my young family's future, and our unfinished work all remain firmly in the State of California - not Washington D.C. Therefore I will not seek election to the U.S. Senate in 2016.”

Source : "With Kamala Harris in for Senate bid, Tom Steyer edges closer to a run" by Maeve Reston, www.cnn.com. January 13, 2015.
“When I was six I had a chicken that walked backward and was in the Pathe News. I was in it too with the chicken. I was just there to assist the chicken but it was the high point in my life. Everything since has been anticlimax.”
“Before I started making music I felt like I couldn't affect anything in the world.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“All that occurs within the walls of the temple is uplifting and enobling.”
“The past shouts at you, the ugly words or actions echo down across the years.”
“The ways of the mind are ancient, but you are timeless”

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