"Writing about writing is a bit like talking about a conversation you are having; it tends to obscure desperation about where the next word is coming from."

-- Renata Adler

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“Each woman who lives in the light of eternity can fulfill her vocation, no matter if it is in marriage, in a religious order, or in a worldly profession.”

Source : Edith Stein (2012). “Edith Stein Essays on Woman”, p.53, ICS Publications
“I have a great deal of sympathy for reluctant readers because I was one. I would do anything to avoid reading. In my case, it wasn't until I was 13 and discovered the 'Lord of the Rings' that I learned to love reading.”
“To this day I am not convinced of having brought together with me in Germany the technically best players that could have been. But I was firmly convinced I called the ones that could create a team, and they could play with one another to the best of their possibility. In this day and age you win if you become a team. It doesn't necessarily mean that you've got to have the best football players in the country. It's possible that the best, all together, don't become a team. It's like a mosaic, you have to put all the pieces together.”
“I think one's sexuality can be the center of life, and coming out and discovering your sexuality is something that really can define your existence.”
“A word of encouragement from a teacher to a child can change a life. A word of encouragement from a spouse can save a marriage. A word of encouragement from a leader can inspire a person to reach her potential.”
“Actually, the true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly seeks: perfection.”

Source : Ludwig Bemelmans (1964). “La bonne table”
“Some television programs are so much chewing gum for the eyes.”

Source : Interview, 28 July 1955, quoted in James B. Simpson, Best Quotes of '54, '55, '56 (1957).
“Just besides how smart Aaron Sorkin stuff is, really, is how visceral it is, how sensual it is. Not sexual, sensual. Always tactile. When you read his scripts, the scripts read fast and the words almost jump off the page.”

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