"I don't have to listen to the Gospel on Sunday to know the stories of the New Testament. They inform so much of what I write that they're practically like a news scrim that goes through my brain 24/7."

-- Anna Quindlen

#Writing Quotes #Sunday Quotes #Brain Quotes

“I think very poorly of United Russia. United Russia is the party of corruption, the party of crooks and thieves. And it is the duty of every patriot and citizen of our country to make sure that this party is destroyed.”

Source : Lawrence Durrell (2012). “The Alexandria Quartet: Justine, Balthazar, Mountolive, Clea”, p.263, Faber & Faber
“I try to find what makes even the worst, most despicable character sympathetic at his or her core.”

Source : "Speaking with...LEN WEIN". Interview with Marv Wolfman, www.marvwolfman.com.
“I feel like all I've done lately is play really sexually-charged drug addicts. I don't know what's wrong with me. I've gotta go to Disneyland more and get more excitement.”

Source : Susan Strasberg (1992). “Marilyn and Me-21.95”, Smithmark Publishers
“In time, the hurt began to fade and it was easier to just let it go. At least I thought it was. But in every boy I met in the next few years, I found myself looking for you, and when the feelings got too strong, I'd write you another letter. But I never sent them for fear of what I might find. By then, you'd gone on with your life and I didn't want to think about you loving someone else. I wanted to remember us like we were that summer. I didn't ever want to lose that.”
“I understand small business growth. I was one.”
“I walk every day with my dogs and force myself to run a bit but I hate it.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“From space this Earth is incandescent with abominations - the gods write their signature in our entrails”
“Imagine your shadow burning off the page / As the dear world and the dead word disengage”

Source : Don Paterson, Charles Simic (2004). “New British poetry”, Graywolf Pr

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