"Another sex worker and writer I respect put it this way: she said that as a writer, you're not about pleasing people, and as a sex worker it's all about pleasing people. It's all about creating this fantasy. I still feel like as a writer you actually do have put on a show. You can't just hand over your notes. And there is a degree to which you are appealing to the reader's vanity, whether you tell yourself you're doing that or not."

-- Melissa Gira Grant

#People Quotes #Over You Quotes #Fantasy Quotes

“There are no sick people in North Oxford. They are either dead or alive. It's sometimes difficult to tell the difference, that's all ...”

Source : Barbara Pym (1986). “Crampton Hodnet”, MacMillan Publishing Company
“Andre Sa is playing close to his potential - maybe even above it.”
“I just want people to see my growth as an artist, and singer.”

Source : "Interview: Leon Bridges on love, life advice, and lyrics". Interview with Rose Riddell, www.coupdemainmagazine.com. February 29, 2016.
“This is your brain on magic.”
“The moon is at her full, and riding high, Floods the calm fields with light. The airs that hover in the summer sky Are all asleep to-night.”
“Well, I've had to deal with everything in my life... leavin' the family, learnin' what not and what to do.”
“Having two older brothers is a healthy reminder that you're always closer to the bottom than you are to the top.”
“Whenever I'm really stuck, when I really need to go 'in there,' I sing the Chalisa and that connects me to Maharajji, to Hanuman, to that powerful presence that's deeper than any of that stuff. And, by touching that, I'm able to overcome whatever I'm stuck in...at least for 10 minutes.”

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