"What keeps me awake at the wheel is the thrill of trying something completely new with each book. Iâ€™m not a risk-taker in life, generally speaking, but as a writer I definitely choose the fast car, the impossible rock face, the free fall."

-- Barbara Kingsolver

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“To all earth's creatures God has given the broad earth, the springs, the rivers and the forests, giving the air to the birds, and the waters to those who live in water, giving abundantly to all the basic needs of life, not as a private possession, not restricted by law, not divided by boundaries, but as common to all, amply and in rich measure.”
“My goal was to do the best job I could in governing the state of Wisconsin, in some cases making very tough decisions to have to bring our spending in line with the resources we had at the state level.”
“The touring band is DIIV, and the songs are always written with them in mind. But the new record is going to be more "me."”
“to weep for someone who is gone is desolation, but to weep for someone who has never really existed is to lose a part of oneself.”

Source : Margaret Campbell Barnes (1949). “Brief Gaudy Hour: A Novel of Anne Boleyn”, London : Macdonald
“Man, the feeling of the make is something that I canâ€™t put to words, itâ€™s the very best feeling in the world. I just chase that, itâ€™s a very real feeling and straight up, I am addicted to it.”
“The elements that unite to make the Grand Canyon the most sublime spectacle in nature are multifarious and exceedingly diverse.”

Source : John Wesley Powell (2008). “Canyons of the Colorado”, p.394, Cosimo, Inc.
“There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.”
“The most dangerous area where our laws are not being faithfully executed are the laws designed to protect Americans against the millions of aliens who enter our country illegally every year.”

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