"It's so exciting when a book catches traction you didn't even expect (or completely did expect!), and so frustrating when a book never quite catches the traction you know it deserves. But either way it doesn't change the book, it doesn't change how much I love that book, or how thrilled I am to be publishing it."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Danielle Dutton

#Book Quotes #Never Quit Quotes #Way Quotes

“And if we are honest we have to make a distinction between a democratic Israel that wants to live in peace and the terrorists who want Israel wiped out. The Israelis were told to give up land for peace; they gave up the land, but got no peace.”
“Peace is the first thing the angels sang. Peace is the mark of the children of God. Peace is the nurse of love. Peace is the mother of unity. Peace is the rest of the blessed souls. Peace is the dwelling place of eternity.”
“Impulsive passion please set me free.”
“The dearest ones of time, the strongest friends of the soul--BOOKS.”
“One might say that our words are a movie screen that reveals what we have been thinking and the attitudes we have.”
“How fast we learn in the day of sorrow! Scripture shines out in a new effulgence; every verse seems to contain a sunbeam, every promise stands out in illuminated splendor; things hard to be understood become in a moment plain.”
“There was a stage when Balanchine and I didn't talk. I was trying to develop my classical technique as opposed to the fast-track technique that he was pushing. We were very quiet with each other. But after two years he saw what I was doing and sent messages through other people that, yes, this is good.”
“When two people meet, each one is changed by the other so you've got two new people.”

Source : John Steinbeck (2008). “The Winter of Our Discontent”, p.77, Penguin

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