"As much as I like it when a book I'm writing speeds along, the downside can be that an author becomes too eager to finish and rushes the end. The end is even more important than the first page, and rushing can damage it."

-- David Morrell

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Rushing Quotes

“There is no place for government to prohibit consumers from buying products the effect of which will be to harm themselves”
“Time, Kate was learning, was like a river. You might put up obstacles, even divert it briefly, but the river had a will of it's own. It wanted to flow a certain way. You had to force it to change. You had to be willing to sacrifice.”

Source : John Stephens (2011). “The Emerald Atlas”, p.332, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“Gratefulness is the great task, the how of our spiritual work, because, rightly understood, it re-roots us.”
“Itâ€™s not the struggles that define you; itâ€™s how you overcome them.”
“You are giving a little man a biscuit to eat, and you put a barrel of flour more taxes on top of his head to carry.”
“I have used the words and expressions which my experiences from Minsk to Kharkov to the Don suggested to me. But I should have reserved those words and expressions for what came later, even though they are not strong enough. It is a mistake to use intense words without carefully weighing and measuring them, or they will have already been used when one needs them later. It's a mistake, for instance, to used the word frightful to describe a few broken up companions mixed into the ground: but it's a mistake that might be forgiven.”

Source : Guy Sajer (2000). “The Forgotten Soldier”, p.68, Potomac Books, Inc.
“Of what good is democracy if it is not for the poor?”

Source : Ferdinand Edralin Marcos (1982). “The New Philippine Republic: A Third World Approach to Democracy”
“You're building a tool, not a piece of art. Don't be blinded by the vision.”

Source : "7 Insanely Rich Founders Share Their Best Business Advice" by Larry Kim, www.businessinsider.com. August 26, 2014.

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