"There are times in your life when, despite the steel weight of your memories and the sadness that seems to lie at your feet like a shadow, you suddenly and strangely feel perfectly okay."

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Source : Kevin Brockmeier (2008). “The View from the Seventh Layer: Stories”, p.111, Vintage

Kevin Brockmeier

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“I will give you three days to seek your shadow. Return to me in the course of that time with a well-fitted shadow, and you shall receive a hearty welcome; otherwise, on the fourth day - remember, on the fourth day - my daughter becomes the wife of another.”

Source : Theodor Storm, Adelbert von Chamisso, Adalbert Stifter (2005). “Famous German Novellas of the 19th Century”, p.63, Mondial
“For whatever reason, thus far it's been important to me not to write that kind of collection. Which means that I've spent months playing tic-tac-notecard, trying to get the stories in an order whereby stories that are similar in any given way (diction, narrative stance, setting, plot) are separated by others that aren't.”
“The record business. Itâ€™s exactly what it is-Record-Busin ess. You have to take care of both, or they wonâ€™t take care of you.”
“I'm almost 50, so I obviously don't have the same body that I had when I was 20. But I also don't have the same mindset either, when I was wracked with self-consciousness and insecurity. Now I really appreciate my maturity as a woman, my depth of spirit and soul and my understanding of who I am and what's important to me.”
“It is difficult, almost impossible, to find the book from which something either valuable or amusing may not be found, if the proper alembic be applied.”

Source : John Hill Burton (1862). “The Book-hunter, Etc”, p.141, Edinburgh : S. Blackwood
“Observe this, that tho a woman swear, forswear, lie, dissemble, back-bite, be proud, vain, malicious, anything, if she secures the main chance, she's still virtuous; that's a maxim.”

Source : Joseph Addison, Mr. John Dryden, Richard Steele, William Shakespeare, Colley Cibber (1750). “A Select Collection of the Best Modern English Plays: Vol. V.”, p.21
“Luis is right there.â€ I point to the corner of the yard, where my little brother is the centre of attention doing imitations of barnyard animals. I have yet to inform him that talent isnâ€™t as much of a chick magnet when you get into junior high.”
“In a sense, comic books are frozen movies. If you look at a comic book, you are generally seeing the storyboard for a film. The great advantage of comic books, over the years, has been that, if they are frozen movies, they are not limited by budget. They are only limited by imagination.”

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