"When you read a book, the neurons in your brain fire overtime, deciding what the characters are wearing, how they're standing, and what it feels like the first time they kiss. No one shows you. The words make suggestions. Your brain paints the pictures."

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Source : "World Book Night: Meg Rosoff on Mal Peet" by Meg Rosoff, www.telegraph.co.uk. April 23, 2012.

Meg Rosoff

#Book Quotes #Character Quotes #Kissing Quotes

“Life can dictate that we suffer physical restrictions and limitations, but no one has the ability to restrict or in any way demean our spirit unless we agree to it.”
“We want to eradicate all mud schools. We are already doing so. We are not in a hurry because no one is going to rule but the ANC.”
“For He is in the midst of us day and night [in the Blessed Sacrament]; He dwells in us with the fullness of grace and truth. He raises the level of morals, fosters virtue, comforts the sorrowful, strengthens the weak and stirs up all those who draw near to Him to imitate Him, so that they may learn from his example to be meek and humble of heart, and to seek not their own interests but those of God.”
“All over the U.S. there are people whose lives are being destroyed for lack of proper health care provision, and there is no sight more odious than the rich, powerful and arrogant trying to keep it that way.”

Source : "Why the American right make me sick" by Simon Hoggart, www.theguardian.com. August 14, 2009.
“The object of pilgrimage is not rest and recreation â€“ to get away from it all. To set out on a pilgrimage is to throw down a challenge to everyday life.”
“As a director, there is nothing more fun than seeing an audience screaming and jumping. You are the ultimate puppet master, controlling the emotions of the audience.”

Source : "Filmmaker Fede Alvarez digs up scares with 'Evil Dead'". Interview with Joseph Airdo, www.axs.com. April 4, 2013.
“It pleases me that people can be interactive”
“Behind the story I tell is the one I don't...Behind the story you hear is the one I wish I could make you hear.”

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