"It's something that's difficult to explain but I think all writers work this way to some extent, whether we're aware of it or not. For me, writing has little to do with thinking. I don't want to control the narrative. I listen to the rhythm of the words and dialogue and try to give the characters the space in which to say and do what they want without intervening too much."

-- Mary J. Miller

#Writing Quotes #Character Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Sadly, this problem of ***** use is not isolated to baseball.”
“People wonder why they have so little of God when God has so little of them.”
“The one absolute certain way to bring this nation to ruin ... would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.”
“Anything made with love, bam! -it's a beautiful meal.”
“For instance, dragons are deeply revered by the Chinese. According to legend they have megapowers that include weather control and life creation. And theyâ€™re seen as kind, benevolent creatures. Funny. Every fairy tale Iâ€™d ever heard involving dragons starred daring knights trotting off to kill said dragons. Probably the real reason every time East meets West they get pissed off and throw tea in our faces.”

Source : Jennifer Rardin (2011). “Another One Bites The Dust: Book two in the Jaz Parks sequence”, p.33, Hachette UK
“Many thousands of youth have been deprived of the benefit of education thereby, their morals ruined, and talents irretrievably lost to society, for want of cultivation: while two parties have been idly contending who should bestow it.”

Source : Joseph Lancaster (1807). “Improvements in Education, as it Respects the Industrious Classes of the Community: Containing Among Other Important Particulars, an Account of the Institution for the Education of One Thousand Poor Children, Borough Road, Southwark; and of the New System of Education on which it is Conducted”, p.151
“Could a body broken and blood spilled two thousand years ago restore my own damaged life?”
“Nothing will change until we demolish the "we-they" mentality. We are human, and therefore all human concerns are ours. And those concerns are personal.”

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