"I don't write books for people to be friends with the characters. If you want to find friends, go to a cocktail party."

-- ZoÃ« Heller

#Book Quotes #Party Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Just thinking of your laughter gives me courage. . .”

Source : Rosamund Lupton (2010). “Sister”, p.7, Hachette UK
“I have great respect for human life. My decision to take human life at the Murrah Building â€“ I did not do it for personal gain. I ease my mind in that...I did it for the larger good.”
“I joined the party because I was a revolutionary, not because of any ideological nonsense.”
“Before turning pro, I would never have just left my skates sitting in the locker room unattended.”
“You will learn most things by looking, but reading gives understanding. Reading will make you free.”

Source : Michael Kroeger, Paul Rand (2008). “Paul Rand: Conversations with Students”, p.62, Princeton Architectural Press
“It is among the commonplaces of education that we often first cut off the living root and then try to replace its natural functions by artificial means. Thus we suppress the child's curiosity and then when he lacks a natural interest in learning he is offered special coaching for his scholastic difficulties.”
“Iâ€™m very shy, I feel very awkward.”
“My mother is my hero just because, what life becomes about is overcoming adversity, and I watched her overcome so many things in life but still able to smile. See it's one thing to overcome adversity and to be scarred and to carry that with you but when you have somebody overcomes adversity and they're still able to smile that's something else. That's true strength.”

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