"Sarah Cornwell has a brilliant eye for the telling detail, and a wonderfully original way of embodying family history. I was captivated by her memorable characters and the perfectly paced revelations of their surprising relationships."

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Andrea Barrett

#Eye Quotes #Memorable Quotes #Character Quotes

“I know street art can feel increasingly like the marketing wing of an art career, so I wanted to make some art without the price tag attached. There's no gallery show or book or film. It's pointless. Which hopefully means something.”
“In fiction, I have been on a Zweig kick. In England over December, I noticed that many British newspapers' year-end recommenders were praising the Pushkin Press for reissuing several works by Stefan Zweig, a brilliant Austrian writer whose work brings to mind that of his compatriot Joseph Roth... these fictions are a treat of prewar European literature”
“Spurs haven't got the funds they need so success has to be achieved gradually.”
“The planet will survive. Whether we get to be here and enjoy it, or enjoy life as we've known it, is what's questionable.”
“The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.”

Source : William Godwin (1831). “Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions, and Discoveries: Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author”, p.274
“Design is important because chaos is so hard.”
“My johns adored and worshipped me, therefore they empowered me. When I was 18, 19, and 20, I had a poor self-image and needed attention. It's hard for people who haven't been prostitutes to imagine, but I think it's often true. There can be a very symbiotic relationship happening.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“I pray to be used in service to a greater purpose higher than my own”

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