"Open a book this minute and start reading. Donâ€™t move until youâ€™ve reached page fifty. Until youâ€™ve buried your thoughts in print. Cover yourself with words. Wash yourself away. Dissolve."

-- Carol Shields

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“The next thing you're going to tell me is Daniel Bryan is the United States Champion.”
“Any subject is suitable provided it is of sufficient interest, but the design must be very carefully considered, and plenty of time and thought given to its construction.”
“Almost always when I told someone I was writing a book about "eating animals", they assumed, even without knowing anything about my views, that it was a case for vegetarianism. It's a telling assumption, one that implies not only that a thorough inquiry into animal agriculture would lead one away from eating meat, but that most people already know that to be the case.”
“Paris and Nicky Hilton? Those girls will show up to the opening of a phone book. It's like a big joke.”
“The most deceptive course in football is straight at the goalposts.”
“It's street theater. You have to make it entertaining so people don't get bored and walk away.”
“Every now and again it would be considered wholesome for me to be more with people of my own age. Demotion to such company was a sapless exile. Their inanity was insufferable ...”
“Residuals from Australia, from the Mission Magic show, saved my butt. So there is a reason for everything.”

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