"Eunice Parchman killed the Coverdale family because she could not read or write."

-- Ruth Rendell

#Writing Quotes

“Hollywood seems to succumb to fads. Well, action films do well. Give me violence. Give me a scene where there's a couple of car chases or shooting and stuff like that. They're forgetting the fact that there's a basic structure to a story that is essential to making it really broad and appealing.”
“Language is a tool for concealing the truth. If we could read each other's minds, this would be a horror show.”

Source : "Stand-up comic - Interview". The Progressive Vol. 65 Nbr., July 7, 2001.
“Humor is... despair refusing to take itself seriously.”
“apparent contradiction ... is often the opportunity for new discovery in science; and it even may be said that the absence of apparent contradiction is due to our want of perception, since our knowledge of laws and causes is so small compared to their total sum.”

Source : Margaret Benson (1908). “The Venture of Rational Faith”
“There are certain jobs I don't take because I feel no connection to the person. But if somebody is open with me, and honest about their motivations, and has some level of self- awareness, then I'm going to understand them.”

Source : "Getting to Take on That Life Temporarily". Interview with Kathryn Borel, Jr., logger.believermag.com. July 21, 2015.
“Oh my God, I grew up in the kitchen. Absolutely. The kitchen, for me, is home.”
“hope is not a plan of action.”

Source : Susan Jacoby (2011). “Never Say Die: The Myth and Marketing of the New Old Age”, p.126, Vintage
“Brain wave tests prove that when we use positive words, our "feel good" hormones flow. Positive self-talk releases endorphins and serotonin in our brain, which then flow throughout our body, making us feel good. These neurotransmitters stop flowing when we use negative words.”

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