"My advice to aspiring writers of fantasy trilogies or series is that each book needs two main plots. There's the 'big story', the over-arching grand plot of the entire series, and there is the complete-in-itself, one-book plot."

-- Juliet Marillier

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“We not only romanticize the future; we have also made it into a growth industry, a parlor game and a disaster movie all at the same time.”
“Today we are shapers of the world of tomorrow.”
“I am not shy about admitting my modest talents. For example, I am happy to admit that I am better than average at clever remarks, and I also have a flair for getting people to like me. But to be perfectly fair to myself, I am ever-ready to confess my shortcomings, too, and a quick round of soul-searching forced me to admit that I had never been any good at all at breathing water. As I hung there from the seat belt, dazed and watching the water pour in and swirl around my head, this began to seem like a very large character flaw.”
“Nothing in our society-with the exception of violence and fear-has been more effective in keeping women in their place than the degradation of the menstrual cycle.”
“I was cast in 'Thor' back in 2009, so it sort of took me out of the running for anything tied to DC Comics.”

Source : "Q&A – Thor’s Jaimie Alexander on Marvel Spoilers, Her Geeky Roots, and Wonder Woman’s Breasts". Interview with Christian Chung, www.amc.com. May 2011.
“The whole concept of 'wild' was decidedly European, one not shared by the original inhabitants of this continent. What we called 'wilderness' was to the Indian a homeland, 'abiding loveliness' in Salish or Piegan. The land was not something to be feared or conquered, and 'wildlife' were neither wild nor alien; they were relatives.”

Source : Doug Peacock (2011). “Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness”, p.185, Macmillan
“Everyone should ride the bus so that I can drive.”
“Life is a very emotional experience.”

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