"As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of non-fictional history, particularly historical biography."

-- Norman Spinrad

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“As a writer, I am just an actor in a play, telling a story that needs to be told.”
“Do you know what the definition of insane is? Yes. Itâ€™s the inability to relate to another human being. Itâ€™s the inability to love.”

Source : Richard Yates (2010). “Revolutionary Road”, p.290, Random House
“Are you learning to say things after listening to God, or are you saying things and trying to make God's word fit in?”
“Fasting and feasting are universal human responses, and any meal, shared with love, can be an agape.”
“Never venture near the door where sin dwells, lest you are dragged in.”
“People, Reacher was certain about. Dogs were different. People had freedom of choice. If a man or a woman ran snarling toward him, they did so because they chose to. They were asking for whatever they got. His response was their problem. But dogs were different. No free will. Easily misled. It raised an ethical problem. Shooting a dog because it had been induced to do something unwise was not the sort of thing Reacher wanted to do.”
“Five years ago I was a four-stone apology â€” today I am two separate gorillas.”

Source : "Song: 'Mr. Apollo'". 1969.
“People who devote their lives to studying something often come to believe that the object of their fascination is the key to understanding everything.”

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