"The privilege of being a writer is that you have this opportunity to slow down and to consider things."

-- Chris Abani

#Opportunity Quotes #Down And Quotes #Privilege Quotes

“I fell in love with scent when I was a small boy. I was intrigued by how each bottle on my mother's dressing table gave such a different scent-each like a genie waving its spell, transporting us away from the mundane to worlds full of fantasy.”
“At times we are thrown suddenly into positions that seem too big for us and for which we have little preparation. The Lord stimulates our growth this way.... The Lord blesses us far beyond our natural ability and experience. However, it has been my experience that he expects us to quickly exert ourselves and acquire the things we need. He gives us a little time to improve our management skills and detailed knowledge so that we don't have to rely upon him for everything. We'll always need inspiration in these areas we couldn't possibly understand without his help.”
“The single greatest reason why we are losing a generation is because the home is no longer the place of the transference of the faith. We live in a day of â€˜outsourcingâ€™â€¦Today, we have a generation of people that outsource their kids.”
“Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyrannies. Absolute power does corrupt, and those who seek it must be suspect and must be opposed.”

Source : Speech Accepting the Republican Presidential Nomination, delivered 16 July 1964, San Francisco
“The liveness of theater, and the excitement of experiencing it alongside an audience, is something you can't get at home. That makes the theater more vital than ever. It's definitely expensive, but I have faith that the market will keep recognizing the live experience as a valuable and important one.”
“I have always wanted what I have now come to call the voice of personal narrative. That has always been the appealing voice in poetry. It started for me lyrically in Shakespeare's sonnets.”
“I think What Dreams May Come is the most important (read effective) book I've written. It has caused a number of readers to lose their fear of death the finest tribute any writer could receive. ... Somewhere In Time is my favorite novel.”

Source : "ED GORMAN CALLING: We Talk to Richard Matheson". www.mysteryfile.com.
“Women are beautiful. They deserve to be cherished and respected.”

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