"Sometimes I'll be fifty, sixty pages into something and I'll still be calling a character "X." I don't have a very clear idea of who the characters are until they start talking. Then I start to love them. By the time I finish the book, I love them so much that I want to stay with them. I don't want to leave them ever."

-- Joan Didion

#Book Quotes #Character Quotes #Talking Quotes

“What you are will show in what you do.”
“I was a Navy officer writing about Navy problems and I simply stole this lovely Army nurse and popped her into a Navy uniform, where she has done very well for herself.”
“Free driving is like an extreme sports version of snorkeling, ... That's about 50 feet deep. And basically what you do is you hold your breath and you wear a weight belt and go down as fast as possible and hold your breath for minutes at a time.”
“Most of the world is covered by water. A fisherman's job is simple: Pick out the best parts.”
“Where, except in uncreated light, can the darkness be drowned?”
“I Love children, especially when they cry for then someone takes them away.”
“It is a miracle a musical gets up because of all the different departments and how much it costs. It is a miracle.”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Trust and respect are two-way streets. We want the horse to accept us as leaders of the herd, to guide them safely and to provide protection and comfort. In return, they will give us their respect, and willing submission to our ideas about what to do next, and when and where. But this respect can only be based on well deserved trust.”

Source : Walter Zettl (1998). “Dressage in Harmony: From Basic to Grand Prix”, p.33, Trafalgar Square Books

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