"Work is born in us. We take to it kindly or unkindly. The terms may be easy or harsh, but the contract is binding."

-- Studs Terkel

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“Surely there can be no greater joy than that of saving souls.”
“It all depends on how you choose to live it. It's like forever, always changing.”
“A man often imagines that he acts, when he is acted upon.”
“I never accepted why there should be some invisible, wavy cutoff line separating Great Fiction from phosphorescent beauties and dollhouse miniatures, novels that contain a whole world in a snow globe.”
“As a fiction writer, of course, you need to take some leeway with certain aspects of history to make the story work.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I have a policy about fear: It cripples the soul, so you just have to fight it.”
“Hold everything. I missed a four-way chick fight. Then I find out someone's been nibbling." William's attention shifted to Olivia, who was still lying on the floor. "Please tell me our sweet little angel is the biter. It'll make me want her ever so much more.”

Source : Gena Showalter (2016). “The Darkest Passion”, p.152, HQN Books
“Meditation is another dimension of natural beauty. People talk about appreciating natural beauty-climbing mountains, seeing giraffes and tigers in Africa, and all sorts of things. But nobody seems to appreciate this kind of natural beauty of ourselves. This is actually far more beautiful than flora and fauna, far more fantastic, far more painful and colorful and delightful.”

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