"The flaw is the thing we love."

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Source : Gail Caldwell (2010). “Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship”, p.72, Random House

Gail Caldwell

“The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.”
“all tamed animals are nervous, we have given them reason to be, not only by cruelty but by our love too, that presses upon them. They have not been able to be entirely indifferent to this and untouched by it.”
“I've always thought of my writing as a spiritual practice. But I think that fiction is the most supernatural kind of writing that you can do because of the ways that the real and the unreal weave together to create something that feels more true than anything.”
“Space and time are figments of you're imagination, unless the guy you're flying next to won't shut up.”

Source : FaceBook post by Dov Davidoff from Feb 10, 2012
“Come, come, come. Without a monster or two it's not a quest, merely a gaggle of friends wandering about.”
“I didn't really have the entire high school experience. I've been working since I was six years old, so I didn't go to the classic high school.”

Source : "Exclusive: Thomas Ian Nicholas Talks Fading of the Cries and American Reunion". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. July 07, 2011.
“Claim whatever you want. Say you only want a happy family or a successful career or a big house. I say: no, that's not what you want. You'll settle for those things, but you really want a monkey that does your evil bidding. Pullman is a genius just for this.”
“The window of heaven is what all truth seekers are trying to open.”

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