"I have always wanted to write in such a way that will make people think, Why, I've always thought that but never found the words for it."

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Pamela Hansford Johnson

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wished are concerned”
“All houses in which men have lived and suffered and died are haunted houses.”

Source : Mary Roberts Rinehart (2013). “The Red Lamp”, p.35, Overamstel Uitgevers
“Test fast, fail fast, adjust fast.”
“Historically, there has been a bull market in commodities every 20 or 30 years.”
“The author who benefits you most is not the one who tells you something you did not know before, but the one who gives expression to the truth that has been dumbly struggling in you for utterance.”
“And that's it; that's why I want to teach; that's the one and only compensation: to make a permanent difference in the life of a child.”

Source : Bel Kaufman (2012). “Up the Down Staircase”, p.193, Open Road Media
“She didn't see him at first. She was watching the dancers. Her color was high, and there were deep dimples at the corners of her mouth. She looked nine miles out of place, but he had never loved her more. This was Willa on the edge of a smile.”
“A friend of mine took me to Memphis advised me that I should get in the musicians' union. He gave me a set of drums and said, Stay on the job, son.”

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