"I sort of like writing about weird characters, I guess."

-- Donald Ray Pollock

#Writing Quotes #Character Quotes

“Once you allow yourself to identify with the people in a story, then you might begin to see yourself in that story even if on the surface it's far removed from your situation.”
“There's no use being satisfied when things are done wrongly. I want perfection.”
“They say sound is vibration and it got my mind shaking/ Can you feel it vibrating? I call it Vibe Ratings”

Source : Song: Vibe Ratings, Album: AmeriKKKan Korruption: Reloaded, 2012
“It has become clear just how divided our nation is - between young and old, north and south and those with different education and work backgrounds. So it is clear to me that the next leader of the Conservative Party must be someone who can unite the country.”
“I'm just going to be me.”
“Rich or poor, we are to â€œdo what we canâ€ when others are in need.”
“Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places, close to home - so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world ... Such are the places where every man, woman and child seeks equal justice, equal opportunity, equal dignity without discrimination. Unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere.”
“...and the lamp having at last resigned itself to death. There was nothing now but firelight in the room, And every time a flame uttered a gasp for breath It flushed her amber skin with the blood of its bloom.”

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