"Writing mysteries lets me get away with murder. I think 'the mystery' may be the greatest form for social criticism, simply because it is pedestrian."

-- Gregory Mcdonald

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Criticism Quotes

“After all, it was only a story,' I said, determined to prove her wrong. 'All manner of terrible things may happen in a story. They may be startling at the time, but it passes. One gets caught up in the narrative, but the dangers aren't real, are they? Things happen in any way the storyteller chooses. It is all just made up.”

Source : Chris Priestley (2010). “Tales of Terror from the Tunnel's Mouth”, p.35, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Becoming a parent erased many of my negative childhood feelings and filled them in with something new.”
“Working by heart means using your feelings and emotions to lead you to your spiritual sense of existence.”
“I've been thinking about happiness-how wrong it is ever to expect it to last or there to be a time of happiness. It's not that, it's a moment of happiness. Almost every day contains at least one moment of happiness.”
“It is a pity that many Christians have the TV schedule better memorized than a single chapter for God's precious Word.”
“The cleaning is something I use as a reward if I get some work done. I go into a very happy state of mind when I'm vacuuming.”
“Fruits ... like having their portrait painted. They seem to sit there and ask your forgiveness for fading. Their thought is given off with their perfumes. They come with all their scents, they speak of the fields they have left, the rain which has nourished them, the daybreaks they have seen.”
“Don't quit. Never give up trying to build the world you can see, even if others can't see it. Listen to your drum and your drum only. It's the one that makes the sweetest sound.”

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