"No one can write like Cheryl Strayed."

-- Ann Hood

#Writing Quotes

“She knew she shouldn't want him with every fiber of her being, but she couldn't help herself. Gazing at him feeling his touch - the rest of the world faded into the background”
“Architecture wrote the history of the epochs and gave them their names.”
“Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels.”
“The king is a strong piece - use it !”
“Your son at five is your master, at ten your slave, at fifteen your double, and after that, your friend or foe, depending on his bringing up.”
“It is needless to say that women make the most patient as well as the most dangerous pickpockets.”
“Librarians are notorious snitchesâ€”donâ€™t let anybody convince you otherwise.”

Source : Tom Upton (2016). “Fading Away”, p.90, Tom Upton
“The phone is an instrument of intrusion into order. It is a threat to control. Just when you think you are alone and safe, the call could come that changes your life. Or someone else's. It makes the same flat, mechanical noise for everyone and gives no clues what's waiting there on the other end of the line. You can never be too careful.”

Source : Janice Galloway (1989). “The Trick is to Keep Breathing: A Novel”

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