"My sentences tend to be very short and rather spare. I'm more your paragraph kind of gal."

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Geraldine Brooks

#Kind Quotes #Gals Quotes #Paragraph Quotes

“The best books, they don’t talk about things you never thought about before. They talk about things you’d always thought about, but you didn’t think anyone else had thought about. You read them, and suddenly you’re a little bit less alone in the world. You’re part of this cosmic community of people who’ve thought about this thing, whatever it happens to be.”

Source : "We All Looked Up". Book by Tommy Wallach, March 24, 2015.
“I donâ€™t care about anything but keeping her alive. If itâ€™s a child she wants, she can have it. She can have half a dozen babies. Anything she wants. She can have puppies, if thatâ€™s what it takes.”
“I'd like to find a creative way to write a book that incorporates every Depeche Mode song ever.”

Source : Source: www.salon.com
“University degrees are a bit like adultery: You may not want to get involved with that sort of thing, but you don't want to be thought incapable.”
“I think acting is totally conducive to being a little kid, because kids are less inhibited and use their imagination.”
“The ideal pre-show meal I think is pho, the Vietnamese soup. It's very light and good for you, and then the broth is great for the throat.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“I'm not terribly conversant with children's literature in general. I tend to read books for adults, being an adult.”
“She thinks she knows everything that goes on inside me, and she doesnâ€™t know a thing. What did she want from me â€“ to tell the truth all the time? To run around saying it did matter to me that I live in a world where you can grow old and be alone and have to get down on your hands and knees and beg for friends? A place where people just sort of forget about you because you get a little old and your mindâ€™s a bit senile or silly? Did she think that didnâ€™t bother me underneath?”

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