"I've never signed a contract, so never have a deadline. A deadline's an unnerving thing. I just finish a book, and if the publisher doesn't like it, that's his privilege."

-- Marchette Chute

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“The writer is one who, emnbarking upon a task, does not know what to do.”
“Pouring forth its seas everywhere, then, the ocean envelops the earth and fills its deeper chasms.”
“Today I know that all things are watching, that nothing goes unseen, that even wallpaper has a better memory than human beings. It's not God in his heaven who sees everything. A kitchen chair, a clothes hanger, a half-filled ashtray, or the wooden replica of a woman named Niobe can serve perfectly well as an unforgetting witness to our every deed.”
“I encourage everyone to know that God has a plan for their life and that God never makes a mistake even though it seems like He is not listening or paying attention sometimes.”
“We are made for action, and activity is the sovereign remedy for all physical ills.”
“The children themselves, before they get access to a car, are captives of their suburb, save for those families where the housewives surrender continuity in their own lives to chauffeur their children to lessons, doctors, and other services that could be reached via public transport in the city.”

Source : David Riesman (1964). “Abundance for What?”, p.243, Transaction Publishers
“You should not think that you can shape history only by your will. This is also why I'm against the concept of intervention when you don't know its ultimate implications.”
“The best revenge is a life well lived.”

Source : Chloe Neill (2010). “Twice Bitten: A Chicagoland Vampires Novel”, p.191, Penguin

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