"Trollope wrote so many novels and other works that they tend to crowd each other out."

-- Jane Smiley

#Crowds Quotes #Novel Quotes

“Work builds and refines character, creates beauty, and is the instrument of our service to one another and to God.”
“I like to read. I've become obsessed with fiction. And it's too bad: I'm a musician many people love and I myself am not part of the music scene.”

Source : Interview with Simon Dasher, pitchfork.com. April 30, 2006.
“Woke up this morning to the incredible news that I was nominated for an Emmy, and a shower full of dog poop. Apparently my dog is so excited, she has explosive diarrhea. I truly could not be more thankful to the Emmy voters for including me in this brilliant company of extraordinary women. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go clean up an enormous amount of dog poop out of my shower. Yay!”

Source : "Emmy Reactions: What the Nominated Stars and Execs Say". www.hollywoodreporter.com. July 14, 2011.
“It is an inwariable rule with the dealers to praise the bad points and let the good 'uns speak for themselves.”

Source : Robert Smith Surtees, Author of Mr. Sponge's sporting tour (1854). “Handley Cross: Or, Mr. Jorrocks's Hunt”, p.140
“I love being a single mom. But it's definitely different when you're dating.”
“I do feel fortunate to have some knowledge of the great Latin American writers, including some that are probably not that well known in English. Im thinking of Jose Maria Arguedas, whom I read when I was living in Lima, and who really impacted the way I viewed my country.”
“Underneath me, Sam Grest - who'd been my friend and saved my life - lay perfectly still and slipped further and further into the final sleep of an unfair and horrible death.”
“Is it a good hot dog? Thatâ€™s all I want to know â€¦ I donâ€™t think the personal health and purity of my colon is that important compared to pleasure. As a chef, Iâ€™m not your dietitian or your ethicist. Iâ€™m in the pleasure business â€¦. My responsibility is to give you the most delicious tomato that I can afford, given the circumstances, and maybe increase the likelihood that you get laid after dinner.”

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