"Self-admiration giveth much consolation."

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Gertrude Atherton

#Self Quotes #Admiration Quotes #Consolation Quotes

“I'm the only member of SFWA in Nebraska, but I don't pine away for the companionship of other science fiction writers. I [go] to very few conventions. I'm quite willing to be that eccentric who has a very odd job, quite happy to be the only science fiction writer in town.”
“You cannot reach a correct conclusion if you begin with an incorrect assumption”
“It's impossible to be loyal to your family, your friends, your country, and your principles, all at the same time.”
“I have one of the worst voices in the history of recorded time.”
“I've lived on my own since I was 13 and not been to school and brought a son up who's now 18 and run theatre companies and bought a butcher's shop, learnt guitar by myself, taught myself to sing and that sort of stuff.”

Source : "I Made More Money As A Stripper..." by Andrew Billen, The Times, June 15, 2004.
“I'm inspired by challenges. My life was always like this.”

Source : "Two steps to heaven for Romario as Brazil's old man chases 1,000 goals" by Tom Phillips, www.theguardian.com. March 24, 2007.
“Shakespeare has had neither equal nor second.”
“When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person.”

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