"It looked like the world was covered in a cobbler crust of brown sugar and cinnamon."

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Source : Sarah Addison Allen (2015). “First Frost”, p.2, St. Martin's Press

Sarah Addison Allen

#Autumn Quotes #Cinnamon Quotes #World Quotes

“I'm not retiring. I am graduating. Today is my graduation day. Retirement means that you'll just go ahead and live on your laurels and surf all day in Oceanside. It ain't going to happen.”

Source : "Seau to meet with Patriots, may end retirement" by The Associated Press, www.espn.com. August 18, 2006.
“Writing a poem is unwriting a knot, like untying a shoelace that is clubbing your foot.”

Source : "Walking with Her Muse: An Interview with Shirley Geok-lin Lim". Interview with Pauline T. Newton, academic.oup.com. June 22, 2013.
“I think everybody's talking about like facts and truth and you know like that 'We're here to fact check' and all of that, that's the base material of journalism. You cannot have journalism without facts and truth. But if facts and truth were what actually you know sort of moved people's lives and moved their decision-making like the election would have had a different outcome.”
“I've always been supremely confident in my abilities. But the biggest confidence boost is when the guys around you, you feel like they have confidence in you.”
“Many women have made the mistake of changing their beliefs to accommodate their work; it must be the other way around. No circumstance is so unusual that it demands a double standard or separates us from our faith. No matter how fast the world changes, exemplary values must remain constant.”
“Never let life's hardships disturb you. No one can avoid problems, not even saints or sages.”
“Cruelty towards animals and child abuse make me feel vulnerable. I wish there was more I could do. I try to spread positive messages through my social media.”
“In opera tradition, when opera die-hard fans, there is a replacement of singer or singer wasn't at his or hers vocal best, doing something, they boo. Especially now that they pay hundreds of dollars for the ticket.”

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