"As an editor, I must often tell writers that their stories "do not fit our present needs." But there are times when I want to reply: "Sir, I would not trust you to write a ransom note.""

-- Richard Conniff

#Writing Quotes #Editors Quotes #History Quotes

“You got shot at and you still got me an air conditioner.”
“At the end only two things really matter to a man, regardless of who he is; and they are the affection and understanding of his family. Anything and everything else he creates are insubstantial; they are ships given over to the mercy of the winds and tides of prejudice. but the family is an everlasting anchorage, a quiet harbor where a man's ships can be left to swing to the moorings of pride and loyalty.”

Source : Richard E. Byrd (2003). “Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure”, p.179, Island Press
“A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote.”
“I love people who are real.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“He held the book up to his nose. It smelled like Old Spice talcum powder. Books that smelled that way were usually fun to read. He threw the book onto his bed and went to his suitcase. After rummaging about for awhile, he came up with a long, narrow box of chocolate-covered mints. He loved to eat candy while he read, and lots of his favorite books at home had brown smudges on the corners of the pages.”

Source : John Bellairs (2002). “House with a Clock in Its Walls / Ghost in the Mirror Flip Book”, Puffin
“It's okay', you know? It's okay to be you.”
“Power is only important as an instrument for service to the powerless.”
“We could never have loved the earth so well if we had no childhood in it if it were not the earth where the same flowers come up again every spring that we used to gather with our tiny fingers as we sat lisping to ourselves on the grass . . .”

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