"Place has always been important to me, and one thing today's Chicago exudes, as it did in 1893, is a sense of place. I fell in love with the city, the people I encountered, and above all the lake and its moods, which shift so readily from season to season, day to day, even hour to hour."

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Source : Erik Larson (2010). “The Devil In The White City”, p.482, Random House

Erik Larson

#Lakes Quotes #Cities Quotes #People Quotes

“There's plenty of opportunity for everyone, so there's no reason to worry about somebody else's success, either saying you couldn't do this so she's better than you, or she's doing it so you can't. No, she's doing it so you can.”
“She had gradually changed her name. "Jane" was too dull. Last year, she'd added a "y", becoming Jayne, which had more personality.”

Source : Caroline B. Cooney (2009). “The Face on the Milk Carton”, p.2, Laurel Leaf
“O why was I born with a different face? Why was I not born like the rest of my race?”
“Vicodin, I got addicted to that little pill. The reason I dont talk about it too much in the press is because it isnt funny, and I love to be funny in interviews. If you joke about that period in your life, it doesnt seem right.”
“Few women have both taste and truth; and indeed, this special bit or moral mosaic is just the most difficult piece of carpentry in the whole of the human workshop.”
“I like words and numbers. I'm obsessed with them. You know, I think I would've been a mathematician had I kept up, but it's the stuff in your head, you know? It's like being technologically adept. You have it or you don't. You can learn it, but some people just have it. They go to sleep, wake up, and know everything. I like games, too. I love playing games.”

Source : "Jackée Harry on 227, Ladybugs, and why she wants to be the next Maggie Smith". Interview with Marah Eakin, tv.avclub.com. February 26, 2016.
“Once I went to bed in Orlando and I woke up in Atlanta. I have no idea how that happened.”
“Raucous drunken trumpets and instrumentation tend to guide the way you think. They can give you a path to follow lyrically.”

Source : "Beirut". Interview with Jessica Suarez, pitchfork.com. August 21, 2006.

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