"My books and other works are my legacy, and it's a great comfort to know that mine is a legacy of pleasure for other people."

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Colleen McCullough

#Art Quotes #Book Quotes #People Quotes

“There will come a time of fire and night, when enemies rise and empires fall, when the stars themselves begin to die.”

Source : Kevin J. Anderson (2011). “Of Fire and Night”, p.538, Simon and Schuster
“Surfing is so unique and it's something that no matter what level you are, you can go and have fun. You can pick and choose the waves that you want to surf, so if it is too big and scary, you can wait until it changes and gets more to your level. Every time you go out it's always different and unique. It's almost like a place you can just de-stress.”
“A woman with her two children was captured on the steps of the capitol building, whither she had fled for protection, and this, too, while the stars and stripes floated over it.”
“On my visits to America, I discovered that the old Marxist dictum, "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs," was probably more in force in America-that holy of holies of capitalism-than in any other country in the world.”

Source : Critique of the Gotha Program pt. 1 (1875).
“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality.”

Source : Shirley Jackson (2006). “The Haunting of Hill House”, p.19, Penguin
“I did the cover of Cigar Aficionado, so I'm supposed to talk about loving cigars. I've smoked them a couple of times. My father used to smoke cigars. I love the idea and the concept, and I love the smell of cigars”
“My voice has gotten me everything in my life, not my hair.”
“Cancer is something that touches everyone's lives.”

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