"The mass-market paperback, for one, is too expensive."

-- Walter Jon Williams

“To teach consequential photography, don't bother with Photoshop or f-stops. Create a craving for images.”
“Till old experience do attain To something like prophetic strain.”
“Anyone who's had a shower and hasn't ingested illegal narcotics within a couple of days stands out on a bench in the courthouse.”

Source : Alafair Burke (2004). “Judgment Calls”, p.159, Macmillan
“Our tears are precious, necessary, and part of what make us such endearing creatures.”
“To be great is to be misunderstood.”
“New York is large, glamorous, easy-going, kindly and incurious, but above all it is a crucible - because it is large enough to be incurious.”

Source : Ford Madox Ford (1927). “New York Essays”
“During relaxation we drop our guard. Particularly in conversation. Relaxed conversation leads to openness. And in openness we often reveal what should never be revealed.”

Source : Edward Carey (2011). “Observatory Mansions”, p.65, Pan Macmillan
“My soul seemed as foul as smoke from burning cat fur.”

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