"Since I was a graduate student, I've done a lot of journalism on the side, for The Village Voice, The Nation etc. And my greatest passion, as a reader, has always been nonfiction, with its vast, often underestimated imaginative and formal possibilities and its aura of the real. I find that combination seductive."

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Rob Nixon

#Real Quotes #Passion Quotes #Seductive Quotes

“Every object in nature is impressed with God's footsteps, and every day repeats the wonders of creation. There is not an object, be it pebble or pearl, weed or rose, the flower-spangled sward beneath, or the star-spangled sky above, not a worm or an angel, a drop of water or a boundless ocean, in which intelligence may not discern, and piety adore, the providence of Him who took our nature that He might save our souls.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 427, 1895.
“That's how it is in heaven. It's just love, and no one forgets who they love.”
“I never try to avoid 'Ugly Betty' fans, as I love them.”
“The world is full of fictional characters looking for their stories”

Source : Diane Arbus (2003). “Diane Arbus: revelations”, Random House (NY)
“I want affection and tenderness desperately, but there's something in me that prevents me from handing it out.”
“Sex was never as neat as the movies made it. Real sex was messy. Good sex was messier.”
“Don't worry about finding your soul mate. Find yourself.”
“Music the fiercest grief can charm, And fate's severest rage disarm. Music can soften pain to ease, And make despair and madness please; Our joys below it can improve, And antedate the bliss above.”

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