"I write synopses after the book is completed. I can't write it beforehand, because I don't know what the book's about. I invent something for my publisher because he asks for one, but the final book ends up very differently."

-- Jackie Collins

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Finals Quotes

“Many men absorbed in business show such a rare quality of culture that we are surprised at it. The reason invariably is partly because hard work and even the weariness it leaves carry a nobility with them, but also because there is no room in such lives for inferior mental occupation.”
“If someone is really close with you, your getting upset or them getting upset is okay, and they don't change because of it. It's just part of the relationship. It happens. You deal with it.”
“Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.”
“I have always hated crowds. I like deserts, prisons, and monasteries. I have discovered, too, that there are fewer idiots at 3000 meters above sea level than down below.”
“To know when one's self is interested, is the first condition of interesting other people.”

Source : Walter Pater (2006). “Marius the Epicurean”, p.132, ReadHowYouWant.com
“If you were to buy a [BMW] 6-series, I recommend you select reverse when leaving friendsâ€™ houses so they donâ€™t see its backside.”
“True love is spelled G-I-V-E. It is not based on what you can get, but rooted in what you can give to the other person....”
“We shouldn't get hung up on the questions we can't answer because life, by definition, is confusing. We're never going to have all the answers. Never. We should focus on the questions we can answer and make peace with the ones we can't.”

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