"I read Claire Messud's 'The Emperor's Children,' I read Joseph O'Neill's 'Netherland' - but to me, they're not 9/11 novels. In 'The Emperor's Children,' 9/11 felt to me like a piece of the plot; the novel wasn't wrestling with what 9/11 meant. And 'Netherland' felt the same way. I liked both books a lot but I don't see them as 9/11 novels."

-- Amy Waldman

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“'Six Feet Under' was so much about life. Sure, it had a lot to do with death, but that's the fun - that now I became a dead person.”

Source : "Emmys 2012: Frances Conroy Finds Life After Death in 'American Horror Story'" by Lesley Goldberg, www.hollywoodreporter.com. August 21, 2012.
“Let us learn upon earth those things which can call us to heaven.”
“I'm getting older, and it happens. You don't care as much. I don't care about too much anymore. I've got to think about that a little bit.”
“A loser doesn't know what he'll do if he loses, but talks about what he'll do if he wins, and a winner doesn't talk about what he'll do if he wins, but knows what he'll do if he loses.”

Source : Eric Berne (2010). “What Do You Say After You Say Hello”, p.235, Random House
“My dad used to say, 'You have to become part of the machine to beat the machine,' and there's some validity in it. But honestly, even when I'm inside the machine, you still see me. I stick out a little bit.”
“As every bookie knows instinctively, a number such as reliability - a qualitative rather than a quantitative measure - is needed to make the valuation of information practically useful.”

Source : "Information, The New Language of Science". Book by Hans Christian von Baeyer, 2003.
“The present moment is the only aperture through which the soul can pass out of time into eternity, through which grace can pass out of eternity into the soul, and through which love can pass from one soul in time to another soul in time.”
“My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.”

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