"As a reader, youâ€™re often inside one or more character heads, so you know what theyâ€™re feeling, even if they canâ€™t exactly say it, or they say it so obliquely that the other characters donâ€™t catch it. Readers are frequently reminded of the gulf between what people say and what they mean, and such moments prod us to become more attuned to gesture, tone, and language."

-- Will Schwalbe

#Character Quotes #Mean Quotes #People Quotes

“A well dressed woman, even though her purse is painfully empty, can conquer the world.”

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“I said publicly last year that I wanted 2012 to be a great season, not just a good season. We certainly had a very good season and perhaps exceeded a few expectations. But Broncos fans, you and I know what a great season looks like.”
“It was amazing to see Donald Trump on the night before election, who had been describing Hillary Clinton as crooked and corrupt, in a matter of a moment, was describing her as a fine and dedicated public servant, once he had won the election. So, there was a kind of barbarism all the way around, I think, in this political campaign, in which the issues really were boiled down to very small sound bites.”

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“The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.”
“The principal purpose of the Democratic Party is to use the force of government to take property away from the people who earn it and give it to people who do not.”
“I hate tests. It's a really lousy way to judge a person's ability.”
“Iâ€™m not offended by homosexuality. In the 60s I made love to many, many women â€“ often outdoors in the mud and the rain â€“ and itâ€™s possible that a man slipped in. Thereâ€™d be no way of knowing...”
“The thing for someone just starting off [in writing] is to write. You need to have limber fingers, whether you write with your fingers or you type on your laptop, but you need to have a limber mind and you need to be able to write without judging what you've written, at least right away, and without editing right away.”

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