"I have been writing mainly fiction. Occasionally there will be a song that hangs around the truth a little more than the rest, but even with those I end up fudging the facts just to keep it from going stale."

-- David Bazan

#Song Quotes #Writing Quotes #Fiction Quotes

“Actually, I don't think most people join white supremacist groups because of the ideology or dogma. They gravitate to these groups because they've hit potholes in their lives and there are things they can't figure out how to navigate on their own. This might be bullying, parental abuse or neglect, mental or physical illness, or, for adults, unemployment.”
“Surrender is faith that the power of Love can accomplish anything even when you cannot forsee the outcome.”

Source : Deepak Chopra (2008). “Path To Love: Spiritual Lessons for Creating the Love You Need”, p.156, Random House
“When I was doing comedy in New York, before I was in movies, I was never known as the deadpan actress. I was just a comedienne.”
“Early Apple machines - don't know how to answer what it was like since there were so few tools. Just had to keep debugging by isolating a problem, looking at memory in the limited debugging (weaker than the DOS DEBUG and no symbols) patch and retry and then re-program, download and try again. And again.”
“I haven't quite wrapped my brain around the sleeping part yet, but I'm definitely working like a maniac.”
“I'm in a position now where I can play certain roles and when I get older, I won't be able to. So, I don't have a strategy of trying to grow up too quick, I just want to kind of look at everything.”
“He laughed, and the sound reduced the pain of every sore place on my body to the dullest ache.”
“You make me lovely, and it's so lovely to be lovely to the one I love....”

Source : Jennifer Niven (2015). “All the Bright Places”, p.300, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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