"Reading is an escape, an education, a delving into the brain of another human being on such an intimate level that every nuance of thought, every snapping of synapse, every slippery desire of the author is laid open before you like, well, a book."

-- Cynthia Heimel

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“I think I give far more space and play to avant-garde writing than any other contemporary textbook author. I want students to be able to decide for themselves which aesthetics are closest to their own. Still, while I try not to be a nostalgist myself, I suppose I am drawn to those poignant moments in our lives, rendered clearly and artfully.”

Source : Source: andreaauten.wordpress.com
“I've seen batting all over the world. And in other countries too”
“There's a period of life when we swallow a knowledge of ourselves and it becomes either good or sour inside.”

Source : Pearl Bailey (1969). “The raw Pearl”, Pocket
“I was maybe the earliest person who was constructive toward Trump who served at a high level in the Bush administration. I took a lot of guff from my former Bush colleagues who didn't see what was happening in the country. I'm not smarter than they are or a better person than they are. I just traveled a lot around the country.”
“It's one of these wonderful economic coincidences.”
“Not that she didn't love almost every boy she'd ever met, and not that every boy in the world didn't totally love her. It was impossible not to. But she wanted someone to love her and shower her with attention the way only a boy who was completely in love with her could. The rare sort of love. True love. The kind of love she'd never had.”

Source : Cecily von Ziegesar (2012). “Gossip Girl 5: I Like it Like That”, p.9, Bloomsbury Publishing
“I'm a writer. I should be allowed to speak about my writing at times. And I'm really excited to speak about that. There's nothing I am shameful of or anything else in my novels. They are my children and I'm happy to speak about my children.”

Source : Source: www.cbc.ca
“What more powerful form of study of mankind could there be than to read our own instruction book?”

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