"I do think I was trying to entertain the reader more than I was trying to purge myself."

-- Curtis Sittenfeld

#Thinking Quotes #Trying Quotes #Reader Quotes

“Four liars are about to be burned -A”
“Never grieve for me if it is my good fortune to die with my boots on. That's what I most hope for.”

Source : Letter to Gilbert Grosvenor, 1948.
“All movements go too far.”
“A fool is a man who never tried an experiment in his life.”

Source : In a letter from Maria Edgeworth to Sophy Ruxton, 9 March 1792: F. V. Barry (ed.) 'Maria Edgeworth: Chosen Letters' (1931)
“Turning 50 can be difficult, sometimes dangerous, for women. The danger is in that blip that can come from the fact that you become invisible, and if you're not careful and don't embrace that, it can trip you up and you lose confidence.”
“We have this saying, Christy and I. We don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day.”
“I had a good run here, fifteen years. That's a great run. I'm not saying that I'm done in center field - if I could play there forever, I would. But I know that's not reality, so I'm happy.”
“Coming Home had been made before and Apocalypse Now and Deer Hunter, different kinds of movies.”

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