"Now you are in the true world, and a great deal more is required of you. Here you must befriend real wolves, and lure real birds down from the sky. Here you must endure real people around you, and we are not uniformly kind; we are damaged and impulsive, each in our own way. It is harder. It is not safe. But it is what you were born to."

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Source : Margo Lanagan (2009). “Tender Morsels”, p.400, Random House

Margo Lanagan

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“If there was the same propensity in mankind for investigating the motives, as there is for censuring the conduct, of public characters, it would be found that the censure so freely bestowed is oftentimes unmerited and uncharitable.”
“The philosopher of science is not much interested in the thought processes which lead to scientific discoveries; he looks for a logical analysis of the completed theory, including the establishing its validity. That is, he is not interested in the context of discovery, but in the context of justification.”
“There's such a unique humour in Wales that I just love and miss in Los Angeles.”
“At the end of the day, regardless of whether you're doing a huge budget film or a small budget film, you still want the film to do well, and have people see it. That's the whole point. You want to put some kind of message into your films, and you want people to see it.”
“Every day is a school day. I learn something new every day, and I never know what's going to happen next.”
“O wild, dark flower of woman, Deep rose of my desire, An Eastern wizard made you Of earth and stars and fire.”
“Nobody puts constraints on God. She doesn't like it.”

Source : "Father Andrew Greeley Extended Interview". Interview With Judy Valente, www.pbs.org. May 10, 2002.
“Ive summarized dozens of books in my literary career; its become rather second nature.”

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