"As far back as I remember, long before I could write, I had played at making stories. But not until I was seven or more, did I begin to pray every night, "O God, let me write books! Please, God, let me write books!""

-- Ellen Glasgow

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Night Quotes

“In the specific case of abortion, the matter is particularly easy in that no woman wants a late abortion. Once abortion was made legal, the age of the aborted fetus went down. The slope slipped in the other direction. If we legalize RU-486 and other similar new drugs, the age will fall to one week or less and start approaching zero. The slippery slope will slide in the other direction. The only reason we have late abortions is because we make early abortion difficult.”
“I prefer to feel uncomfortable by participating in projects were I am not the specialist. I am always the one who knows nothing. Playing with jazzmen and knowing nothing about jazz. Playing pop music and knowing nothing about how to structure a pop song. And the funny thing, which still surprises me, is that I continue to be invited to play by new people, from different areas, every day.”

Source : Source: thequietus.com
“Perhaps too much of everything is as bad as too little.”

Source : Edna Ferber (1952). “Giant”
“Numerical logistic is that which employs numbers; symbolic logistic that which uses symbols, as, say, the letters of the alphabet.”
“With acting, you have to depend on somebody else to decide if you are allowed to work. You can spend weeks and months when you are not acting at all.”
“A woman's honor rests on manly love.”

Source : Esaias Tegnér (1876). “Fridthjof's Saga: A Norse Romance”, p.78
“Memory is deceptive because it is colored by today's events.”
“The first secret to loving others is to immerse yourself in a love relationship with God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit - and abide there.”

Source : FaceBook post by Anne Graham Lotz from Jan 07, 2015

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