"It has always been on the written page that the world has come into focus for me. If I can piece all these bits of memory together with the diaries and letters and the scribbled thoughts that clutter my mind and bookshelves, then maybe I can explain what happened. Maybe the worlds I have inhabited for the past seven years will assume order and logic and wholeness on paper. Maybe I can tell my story in a way that is useful to someone else."

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Source : Nancy Horan (2007). “Loving Frank: A Novel”, p.7, Ballantine Books

Nancy Horan

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“A girl that's born for hangin' ain't likely to be drowned.”
“You must have a passion to coach.”
“There's an old Sysan saying that the soup of life is salty enough without adding tears to it.”

Source : Iain Banks (2002). “Look to Windward”, p.389, Simon and Schuster
“What's troubling is that the Republicans to defend Mr. DeLay are weakening the ethics process.”
“When I was in college, all the pretty women were in the theatre, so I auditioned for a play.”

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“Put it this way: singing is not my day job.”

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“I was trained as an actress. But I wasn't a very convincing actress, so I started doing punk poetry and then fell into doing stand-up.”
“I don't want to be liked. I want to be respected. Because if you like me you can throw me away too quick. If you respect me, you may not even like what I was wearing, but you'll say, "I respect that."”

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