"The Night Journal received two awards that I'm terribly proud of - -the Spur from Western Writers of America, and the Willa Literary Award from Women Writing the West. Both these groups are filled with great writers and good people."

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Elizabeth Crook

#Writing Quotes #Night Quotes #Two Quotes

“It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it.”
“Few legislators who passed these mental health laws realized that (Brock) Chisholm and his associates defined mental illness as a sense of loyalty to a particular nation, a sense of loyalty to a moral code, and strict adherence to concepts of right and wrong. Chisholm has been obsessed for years with the idea that instilling concepts of right and wrong, love of country and morality in children by their parents is the paramount evil.”
“And the issue is never the merits of the evidence but always the jealous rivalry of the contestants to see which would be the official light unto the world. Right down to the present day we have been the spectators of a foolish contest between equally vain and bigoted rivals.”
“Creditor. One of a tribe of savages dwelling beyond the Financial Straits and dreaded for their desolating incursions.”
“I've never met an artist whose spirit didn't want to fly.”
“I think painting is in fact a form of rehearsal expressed through different mediums.”
“The middle class is so funny, it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny.”
“A difference is a difference only if it makes a difference.”

Source : Darrell Huff (2010). “How to Lie with Statistics”, p.60, W. W. Norton & Company

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