"As difficult as it is for a writer to find a publisher-admittedly a daunting task-it is twice as difficult for a publisher to sort through the chaff, select the wheat, and profitably publish a worthy list."

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Source : Olivia Goldsmith (2014). “The Bestseller”, p.146, Diversion Books

Olivia Goldsmith

#Writing Quotes #Tasks Quotes #Wheat Quotes

“The past is only the present become invisible and mute; and because it is invisible and mute, its memorized glances and its murmurs are infinitely precious. We are tomorrow's past.”
“If outrageous imagination is the wine of madness, then come fill my cup.”
“Nowadays, people in the entertainment industry can have a louder voice than politicians, and I think its important that they use that voice to say something positive or to give a voice to somebody thats had theirs taken away.”
“The country which is in advance of the rest of the world in chemistry will also be foremost in wealth and in general prosperity.”

Source : William Ramsay (1909). “Essays Biographical and Chemical”
“The music of your youth stays with you throughout your life.”
“Let architects sing of aesthetics that bring Rich clients in hordes to their knees; Just give me a home, in a great circle dome Where stresses and strains are at ease.”
“I told the ambulance men the wrong blood type for my ex, so he knows what rejection feels like.”
“Theres one fundamental law that all of nature obeys that mankind breaks every day. Now, this is a law thats evolved over billions of years, and the law is this: Nothing in nature takes more than it needs.”

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