"I learned that lesson a long time ago. When you write popular fiction, you're going to get bashed by critics."

-- John Grisham

#Writing Quotes #Long Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“They are asleep. This is the condition they prefer. They are afraid of the world and sleep is a way of dealing with their fear. Someday they will wake. Perhaps something frightful will happen. Indeed, there is no better invitation to the frightful than ignorance - that is, sleep. (29)”

Source : Stephen Dobyns (2015). “The Church of Dead Girls: A Novel”, p.32, Penguin
“Let us accept truth, even when it surprises us and alters our views.”
“By dint of that concern and because that society was willing to examine its particular reality, Solidarity could come into existence.”
“And when those bombs went off, there were runners who, after finishing a marathon, kept running for another two miles to the hospital to donate blood. So, here's what I know -- these maniacs may have tried to make life bad for the people of Boston, but all they can ever do, is show just how good those people are.”
“The Ultimate Rule ought to be: 'If it sounds GOOD to you, it's bitchin'; if it sounds BAD to YOU, it's shitty. The more your musical experience, the easier it is to define for yourself what you like and what you don't like. American radio listeners, raised on a diet of _____ (fill in the blank), have experienced a musical universe so small they cannot begin to know what they like.”
“It seems to me that the years between eighteen and twenty-eight are the hardest, psychologically .”
“We must have a strong inner life of fellowship and intimacy with Jesus if we are going to have a strong outer life of ministry”
“Good god what men can do to their brains when their ***** are hard.”

Source : Philippa Gregory (2011). “Philippa Gregory's Tudor Court 6-Book Boxed Set: The Constant Princess, The Other Boleyn Girl, The Boleyn Inheritance, The Queen's Fool, The Virgin's Lover, and The Other Queen”, p.1381, Simon and Schuster

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