"I'm always happy," Sasha said. "Sometimes I just forget."

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Source : Jennifer Egan (2010). “A Visit from the Goon Squad”, p.5, Anchor

Jennifer Egan

#Sometimes Quotes #Forget Quotes #Said Quotes

“Like those statues which must be made larger than "nature" in order that, viewed from below, or from a distance, they may appear to be of the "natural" size, certain truths must be "strained" in order that the public may form a just idea of them.”
“Should I perchance still feel after my death, I would no longer have any doubt, but I would most certainly give the lie to anyone asserting before me that I was dead.”
“Yoga is vital because it keeps me in full awareness and connection with my breath.”
“I love being under pressure. Even the pressure put on me by the media. That is how you outdo yourself.”
“A lot of weird things happen to me. People call out to me on the street and I figure I know them, and I walk over. And then they start to talk about a movie, and I get so embarrassed. Sometimes they think I'm Lorraine Bracco or Laura San Giacomo or Marisa Tomei. I'm sure it happens to them all the time, too.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Why do I dance? Dance is my medicine. Itâ€™s the scream which eases for a while the terrible frustration common to all human beings who because of race, creed, or color, are â€˜invisibleâ€™. Dance is the fist with which I fight the sickening ignorance of prejudice.”
“Aha! So Iâ€™m not crazy.â€ â€œYou are most definitely crazy,â€ Derek said. â€œBut in a deranged, endearing way.”
“I find it very hard to sit down and create an idea or especially a new character on command. Usually my characters evolve by accident out of some story context.”

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