"I'm not really a mass market writer."

-- Alan Furst

“In the railroads, some people read clearly printed departure signs and then proceed to ask several times what they say. On airplanes, they demand things they know they cannot have. In their cars, they load up, drive away and then suddenly realize they don't know where they're going.”
“All night, my face next to your mouth, I hold my breath, listening to yours.”

Source : Imtiaz Dharker (2007). “The Terrorist at My Table”, p.156, Penguin Books India
“I simply write what I want, wish, long to write.... The state of human life and the god or demon within. The constant internal war that being alive can conjure.”
“The Mississippi Delta is not always dark with rain. Some autumn mornings, the sun rises over Moon Lake, or Eagle, or Choctaw, or Blue, or Roebuck, all the wide, deep waters of the state, and when it does, its dawn is as rosy with promise and hope as any other.”

Source : Lewis Nordan (2003). “Wolf Whistle”, p.149, Algonquin Books
“The Quality of Love or Fear you Carry into each Moment determines which Road you Travel.”

Source : Barbara Marciniak (1998). “Family of Light: Pleiadian Tales and Lessons in Living”, p.61, Inner Traditions / Bear & Co
“I was well aware of the fact that once you appeared in Doctor Who as something else, you were ruled out for the part of the Doctor: that was a kind of well known thing in the business.”
“The moment we become uncomfortable is the time we should confess.”
“Self-reliance leads to intellectual independence. Each man must think for himself, must train the mind to think, must habituate the soul to observe and analyze.”

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