"Nearly all the writing of our time is likely to disappear in a hundred years. Certainly most readers - and nearly all critics - feel that [Kurt] Vonnegut started to repeat himself, to grow increasingly self-indulgent and meandering, and to sometimes just blather in his later work. But his books up to "Slaughterhouse-Five" do possess a distinctiveness that will insure some kind of permanence, if only in the history of the 1960s and of science fiction."

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Source : "Kurt Vonnegut". Live discussion, www.washingtonpost.com. April 12, 2007.

Michael Dirda

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Self Quotes

“Libraries store the energy that fuels the imagination. They open up windows to the world and inspire us to explore and achieve, and contribute to improving our quality of life. Libraries change lives for the better.”
“Because here's the thing about a book: when you pick up a story, you put down your own.”

Source : Holly Smale (2015). “All That Glitters (Geek Girl, Book 4)”, p.20, HarperCollins UK
“Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.”
“I really haven't made up my mind yet. A lot of people have encouraged me to consider running, and others have cautioned against it, saying it's a good way to ruin your life.”
“There's a saying that goes, 'The universe gives you a whisper, then a nudge, then a push and then an anvil on your head.”
“There is always something for which there is no accounting. Take, for example, the whole world.”

Source : Leonard Michaels (2008). “The Collected Stories”, p.404, Macmillan
“Solos are like sex, so it's surprising to me that there aren't more guys playing them”
“Once you acknowledge that reality is not your enemy, it will no longer be your enemy.”

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