"Generally I finish a first draft in 2-6 months, then I set it aside for a while so that when I come back to it I can read it with fresh eyes and figure out how to improve it."

-- Margaret Haddix

#Eye Quotes #Months Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“In the end they will lay their freedom at our feet and say to us, Make us your slaves, but feed us.”
“Where there is no novelty, there can be no curiosity.”

Source : Aphra Behn (2015). “Oroonoko: the Royal Slave: Souls Needed for You”, p.91, 谷月社
“Kids in a home with grandparents are healthier.”
“That's what we need nowadays, is more children that have goals other than being a sports figure or some kind of celebrity. I think it's great that a kid wants to learn more and wants to be at the peak of learning, especially at that young.”
“If you donâ€™t know how to fix it, please, stop breaking it.”
“I had not yet acquired the experience which gives modesty.”

Source : Jules Breton (1891). “The Life of an Artist: Art and Nature”
“I don't think Iâ€m a very good actor. Everything is very tentative and at a certain point you click in and just feel the spirit move you. I can be possessed really well.”
“I examine it [pain] every which way. Why do I really feel this way? What's going on here? I have to really explore it all the way out, drill it down to its lowest common denominator and go, Oh! That's what that is. I'm feeling insecure. Or, Oh! God has something better for me.”

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