"But the writing life, it turned out, was difficult. It wasn't like you could sit down and flip a switch and crank on the ventilation system. Sometimes it didn't work, and sometimes you couldn't even find the switch."

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Source : Jeanne Marie Laskas (2010). “Fifty Acres and a Poodle: A Story of Love, Livestock, and Finding Myself on a Farm”, p.12, Bantam

Jeanne Marie Laskas

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“To love another another human in all of her splendor and imperfect perfection , it is a magnificent task...tremendous and foolish and human.”
“When I said I do, I meant that I will, 'till the end of all time...”
“Sigmund Freud was a half baked Viennese quack. Our literature, culture, and the films of Woody Allen would be better today if Freud had never written a word.”

Source : Ian Shoales (1985). “I gotta go: the commentary of Ian Shoales”, Perigee
“The trouble with having a place for everything is how often it gets filled up with everything else.”
“To anyone that ever told you you're no good.. they're no better.”
“I don't see myself as the boss. I sing and write the songs, and it would feel strange if somebody else wrote the lyrics I sang.”
“To go forward you have to leave something behind”
“Guantanamo allows us to secure dangerous detainees without the risk of escape, while at the same time providing us with valuable intelligence information on how best to proceed in the war against terror and prevent future attacks.”

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