"... any fictionis bound to be transposed autobiography."

-- Elizabeth Bowen

#Fiction Quotes #Autobiography Quotes

“You should really try to live your childhood when youâ€™re a child, because if you do it when youâ€™re 26, it can be dangerous.”

Source : "‘Brady Bunch’ Star Mike Lookinland On Fame, Alcoholism And His Surprising New Career". www.huffingtonpost.com. September 18, 2013.
“Erotica is using a feather; pornograpy is using the whole chicken.”
“When you show a man what he wants he will move heaven and earth to get it.”

Source : Frank Bettger (2009). “How I Raised Myself From Failure”, p.103, Simon and Schuster
“If I had a crush on a guy, my tactic was to tell them I had a crush on them. And they always thought it was super-cute, so it usually worked in my favor!”

Source : "What Was Leven Rambin Like at 17?". Interview with Ellen Collis, www.seventeen.com. January 9, 2012.
“If they can fight and die on Okinawa, Guadalcanal (and) in the South Pacific, they can play ball in America.”
“The perfection of Tawheed is found when there remains nothing in the heart except Allaah”
“In short, the animal and vegetable lines, diverging widely above, join below in a loop.”

Source : Asa Gray (1880). “Natural Science and Religion”
“Herbert, my father, was born in Britain but went out to Africa in his teens to join his father and built up an 18,000-acre ranch in what was then Northern Rhodesia, providing work for the locals. He was my hero when I was a boy.”

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