"I would have to say that Iâ€™m haunted. Iâ€™m haunted by everything that drives me. I want to do great work. I need to do great work. I wonâ€™t be satisfied unless I do great work."

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Lemon Andersen

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“Im a ridiculous sci-fi fan. In fact, I admit it freely; my manager is horrified. I just recently bought seasons two through five of Star Trek: The Next Generation on DVD. And Ive watched all the episodes, half on the plane and a few of them as I was going to sleep last night. Theres something about sci-fi thats comforting.”
“I apologise to people when I need to.”
“We cannot, after all, judge a biography by its length, by the number of pages in it; we must judge by the richness of the contents...Sometimes the 'unfinisheds' are among the most beautiful symphonies.”
“Seldom can the heart be lonely, If it seek a lonelier still; Self-forgetting, seeking only Emptier cups of love to fill.”

Source : Frances Ridley Havergal (1872). “The Ministry of Song”, p.63
“When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.”
“The only test of work of literature is that it shall please other ages than its own.”
“Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has no heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.”
“The greatest tales, well told, awaken the fears and longings of the listeners. Each man hears a different story. Each is touched by it according to his inner self. The words go to the ear, but the true message travels straight to the spirit.”

Source : Juliet Marillier (2010). “Son of the Shadows: Book Two of the Sevenwaters Trilogy”, p.364, Macmillan

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