"I am old enough to know only too well my good and bad qualities, which were often one in the same."

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Source : Lisa See (2011). “Snow Flower and the Secret Fan (Random House Reader's Circle Deluxe Reading Group Edition): A Novel”, p.5, Random House

Lisa See

#Quality Quotes #Enough Quotes #Good And Bad Quotes

“Attempting mischievous and salutary irritation of his peers ... Keynes may only succeed in becoming an academic idol of our worst cranks and charlatans - not to mention the possibilities of the book as the economic bible of a fascist movement.”
“I think I probably learned something from almost every gig that I've done, not only because each occurred at a different phase of my development, but because each one had something different to offer. Ideally, you should be able to get something out of everything, positive or negative. And if it's negative, try to turn it into some kind of learning experience.”
“I have deceived my friends, and I had millions of them.”

Source : "Quiz Show". 1994.
“The truth is, I'm drawn to all kinds of things.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Then I place the blade next to the skine on my palm. A tingle arced across my scalp. The flood tipped up at me and my body spiraled away. Then I was on the ceiling looking down, waiting to see what would happen next. What happened next was thet a perfect, straight line of blood bloomed from under the blade.The line grow into a long, Fat bubbel, A lush crimson bubbel that got bigger and bigger. I watch from above, waiting to see how big it would get before it burst. when it did, I felt awesome. Satisfied, finally. Then exhausted.”
“Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything.”
“I want to see children curled up with books, finding an awareness of themselves as they discover other people's thoughts. I want them to make the connection that books are people's stories, that writing is talking on paper, and I want them to write their own stories. I'd like my books to provide that connection for them.”
“Love is a great power, and such a strange power...”

Source : Sergei Lukyanenko, Vladimir Nikolaevich Vasilʹev (2007). “Day watch”, Miramax

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