"Read Jerrod Edson. He is one of our best young writers."

-- David Adams Richards

“In the long and dogged crusade that the human race has fought in favor of democracy, the ideal of liberty, of freedom, has always been the goal.”

Source : John Allen Fraser (1993). “The House of Commons at Work”, Montréal : Éditions de la Chenelière
“They say that there are moments that open up your life like a walnut cracked, that change your point of view so that you never look at things the same way again.”
“What if consciousness is the ground of being? What if the possibilities discovered by quantum physics are the possibilities of consciousness itself? Remember there is already a class of people who think in this way. They are called mystics, and they say it is all God. Finally, a few scientists dared to say that some of the characteristics attributed to God are similar to what we describe as consciousness.”

Source : Daniel Pinchbeck (2014). “2012: The year of the Mayan prophecy”, p.182, Hachette UK
“Reproductive freedom means economic freedom. And that's what this debate is about.”
“When you write a book, you want to have fidelity to the character. Characters and their emotions guide the structure of the novel.”
“If you tell the story emotionally in a truthful way, then you start naturally looking at the landscape and thinking "Wow, we have to watch out."”
“That's really what the mall is all about: money. At the mall the rule is: Credito, ergo sum - I shop, therefore I am.”
“If women are all of a sudden complaining all the time about getting sent to Pakistan, then if I were an editor, I probably wouldn't send a woman.”

Source : Source: www.marieclaire.com

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