"A universal draft is most often the instrument of Third World dictators."

-- Joe Bob Briggs

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“NVC is interested in learning that is motivated by reverence for life, by a desire to learn skills, to contribute better to our own well-being and the well-being of others.”
“Horror and supernatural novels give you a lot of what you look for in a crime novel, just with a twist that was very fresh for me as a reader.”

Source : "Born Storyteller: An Interview With Michael Koryta, Author of So Cold the River". Interview with Jason Pinter, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 8, 2010.
“In every age 'the good old days' were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.”

Source : Once Around the Sun (1951) 8 Feb.
“The stars whirled above us and the firecrackers blazed. The moon stood watch as drops of blood fell, careless seeds that sizzled in the snow.”
“Prereading is a game changer. It changed my life. Everyone is smarter when they have seen the material before. You will be too.”
“Nobody's bought this land. And no one's going to want it either. It's dying land, lonely land." "Like me, then," I said. "Yes, like you." You chewed the corner of your lip. "You both need saving.”

Source : Lucy Christopher (2014). “Stolen”, p.81, Scholastic Inc.
“We're each given one life, and it's our job to make it useful, beautiful, and fulfilling. There is no value in suffering through it, doing something we hate. There's no prize at the end for that kind of endurance. Just a spent life.”
“He wanted pure compliments, just as he wanted unconditional love.”

Source : Alan Hollinghurst (2014). “The Line of Beauty: Picador Classic”, p.77, Pan Macmillan

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