"She wanted to say, no. She wanted to say, I have a son, there is a child, this cannot happen. Because you know that no one will ever love them like you do. You know that no one will look after them like you do. You know that it's an impossibility, it's unthinkable that you could be taken away, that you will have to leave them behind."

-- Maggie O'Farrell

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“Science fiction isnâ€™t just thinking about the world out there. Itâ€™s also thinking about how that world might beâ€”a particularly important exercise for those who are oppressed, because if theyâ€™re going to change the world we live in, theyâ€”and all of usâ€”have to be able to think about a world that works differently.”
“How can we be answerable for what we shall want in the future, since we have no clear idea of what we want now?”
“I can always grow a little bit, and try to do something different. So I'm always looking for what's out there - the potential.”

Source : "Robert Duvall, Still Living 'In The Potential'". "All Things Considered" with Michele Norris and Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. June 1, 2010.
“A writers job is to destroy and then to build the thing back up again by a chosen means.”
“He's so fat, he can be his own running mate.”
“Once we rid ourselves of traditional thinking we can get on with creating the future.”
“I'm no longer accepting the things I cannot change...I'm changing the things I cannot accept.”
“You're the brightest thing I've ever seen, Kaylee. You're this beautiful ball of fire spitting sparks out at the world, burning fiercely, holding back the dark by sheer will. And I always knew that if I reached out -- if i tried to touch you -- I'd get burned. Because you're not mine. I'm not supposed to feel the fire. I'm not supposed to want it. But I do. I want you, Kaylee, like I've never wanted anything. Ever. I want the fire. I want the heat, and the light, and I want the burn.”

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