"It is harrowing for me to try to teach 20-year-old students, who earnestly want to improve their writing. The best I can think to tell them is: Quit smoking, and observe posted speed limits. This will improve your odds of getting old enough to be wise"

-- Barbara Kingsolver

#Wise Quotes #Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“I think there's something important in going against the grain, and perhaps finding value in things that aren't necessarily institutionally recognized.”

Source : Interview with M.I.A., www.interviewmagazine.com. November 19, 2008.
“They rushed to move it forward, uh, and then a lawsuit was filed and we spent many months litigating, rather than trying to come up with legislation and move forward on that front.”
“Preventives of evil are far better than remedies; cheaper and easier of application, and surer in result.”
“When you write for a show that's not yours, your job is to hear the voices of the characters and write as best you can for those voices.”

Source : Interview with Scott Tobias, www.avclub.com. February 9, 2005.
“One of the most common reasons people renovate their homes is a change in their lifestyle - an upcoming wedding, a new baby, or grown children moving away.”
“Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.”
“And in this battle, Brother William (Guillaume), Master of the Templars, lost an eye; and he had lost the other on the previous Shrove Tuesday; and that Lord died as a consequence, may God absolve him! And you should know that there was at least an acre of land behind the Templars, which was so covered with arrows fired by the Saracens, that none of the ground could be seen.”
“There comes a time when you're losing a fight that it just doesn't make sense to keep on fighting. It's not that you're being a quitter, it's just that you've got the sense to know when enough is enough.”

Source : Christopher Paul Curtis, Holt Rinehart & Winston (2002). “Bud, not Buddy: with connections”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)

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