"The image-managers encourage the individual to fashion himself into a smooth coin, negotiable in any market."

-- John Gardner

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“I'm obsessed with broccoli, carrots, celery, string beans, snap peas, black kale, brussels sprouts, cabbage - I could go on! They used to call me 'rabbit' when I was a kid. I hate mushrooms, though. I apologize to fungi lovers, but this way, there's more for you!”
“A heavily armed citizenry is not about overthrowing the government; it is about preventing the government from overthrowing liberty.”
“I can sell anything that I totally believe in but Iâ€™m a horrible salesman of something I donâ€™t believe in”
“Poetic talent doesn't operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry.”
“Life and stories are alike in one way: They are full of hollows. The king and queen have no children: They have a child hollow. The girl has a wicked stepmother: She has a mother hollow. In a story, a baby comes along to fill the child hollow. But in life, the hollows continue empty.”

Source : Franny Billingsley (2013). “Chime”, p.160, A&C Black
“We run a danger of trying to say the casualties are less than other wars or more than expected. It's just everybody matters, every person matters, and what really matters is having the strategy and the will to make sure any death is honored by achieving an objective.”
“No, no, don't let my vulnerable heart share in this sacrifice to lust! Let him disgust me before pleasing me! Let him be what others have been, an instrument that I can break before becoming the echoes of its vibration.”
“If you're not Prince, you're never going to sound like Prince.”

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