"She couldn't tell where his pupils ended and the irises began; looking into those eyes was like looking into a well where children had drowned."

-- MaryJanice Davidson

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“Art is the path of the creator to his work.”
“Intellect is resented as a form of power or privilege.”

Source : Richard Hofstadter (2012). “Anti-Intellectualism in American Life”, p.34, Vintage
“Challenging someone is good. You need to do it. Sometimes they don't even realize you're doing it, like when you joke with a goalie, 'What's wrong today? You losing it?”
“Music is the sole art which evokes nostalgia for the future.”

Source : Ned Rorem (2013). “Setting the Tone: Essays and a Diary”, p.245, Open Road Media
“Each of us carries within himself a collection of instant insults.”
“Rules such as "Write what you know," and "Show, don't tell," while doubtlessly grounded in good sense, can be ignored with impunity by any novelist nimble enough to get away with it. There is, in fact, only one rule in writing fiction: Whatever works, works.”
“I don't want to be left in the past. When I stand next to Kylie, Beyonce or Rihanna, I don't want to be a decrepit old lady.”
“There is another reason journalists like to drink and eat together: they simply cannot think of better company.”

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