"... friends are such a mixed blessing."

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Source : Maggie Shayne, MaryJanice Davidson, Jacey Ford, Angela Knight (2009). “The Incredible Misadventures of Boo and the Boy Blunder: An Undead Novella A Penguin Group Special from Berkley Sensation”, p.21, Penguin

MaryJanice Davidson

#Blessing Quotes

“I'm fortunate that I'm making a living at it now because I'm not equipped to do anything else.”
“You all say the same thing. When something bad happens, everyone tells you to forget about it. But, I don't think you can forget that easily. You may be able to pretend you've forgotten, but I don't think anyone can completely forget.”
“I dislike that premise implies that a fiction writer is incapable of dreaming up stories that can bring readers to tears, that if you are lucky enough to be living a pretty sedate life ,as I am, you've got nothing worthy of writing about, that you're incapable of making a reader's gut wrench.Frankly, that's what makes readers nervous, the sorcery of you or me or any good fiction writer making up characters who feel like real people, of telling a story that feels true but isn't.”
“We should go forward in courts and Congress with investigations into post-9/11 interrogations and the decisions leading to them.”
“If you sit on, sleep on, stare at, or touch something for more than an hour a day, spend whatever it takes to get the best.”

Source : Twitter post from May 8, 2010
“I was made to believe there's something wrong with me,”
“The president's budget request today demonstrates his unwillingness to come clean on the true costs of his agenda. A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter”
“I just don't think there are any rules to color. You have a small space with no windows? Put lamps in there, make it dramatic, paint the ceiling black. Do something with it. If it's dark, accentuate the darkness.”

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