"I have terrible handwriting. I now say it's a learning disability... but a nun who was a very troubled woman hit me over the fingers with a ruler because my writing was so bad."

-- Andrew Greeley

#Writing Quotes #Disability Quotes #Fingers Quotes

“I suddenly had a little epiphany: all the books we own, both read and unread, are the fullest expression of self we have at our disposal.”

Source : Nick Hornby (2004). “The Polysyllabic Spree”, McSweeneys Books
“The only problem with Haiku is that you just get started and then”
“I would love to be a father. I had a great father who taught me how gratifying that is. I'm not going to deny myself that. I think I'd be good at it. Everybody wants that experience. I definitely do.”
“I'm more Baskin-Robbins style myself.”
“Beautiful people have many advantages, but so do friendly people.”
“Tell us your phobias and we will tell you what you are afraid of”
“People relate to things that feel real to them. All the good, happy, over-sexed and moneyed endings on TV are not the way most of us feel in our lives. The success of 'E.R.,' I think, is not relying on overly sentimental stories that are solved where people's lives wrap up nicely with happy endings.”
“The only real problem in life is what to do next.”

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