"I rushed us out of your parents' house because I didn't think I could manage two hours at the dinner table with everyone focused on Joe Loosey's joystick sitting in the refrigerator next to the applesauce."

-- Janet Evanovich

#Thinking Quotes #Two Quotes #Parent Quotes

“Who says you need to wait until you 'feel like' doing something in order to start doing it? The problem, from this perspective, isn't that you don't feel motivated; it's that you imagine you need to feel motivated. If you can regard your thoughts and emotions about whatever you're procrastinating on as passing weather, you'll realise that your reluctance about working isn't something that needs to be eradicated or transformed into positivity. You can coexist with it. You can note the procrastinatory feelings and act anyway.”
“Life is short and the nights are long, and tonight I moved on.”
“I don't want the George Clooney lifelong bachelorhood. If I found the right person, I would commit in a minute.”
“The truth is I made a few good movies in the '50s, then went into freefall.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“O, for an engine, to keep back all clocks, or make the sun forget his motion!”
“I had six good years and one bad one, and everyone was wondering whether I'd have a good one again.”
“Self-knowledge is essential not only to writing, but to doing almost anything really well. It allows you to work through from a deep place - from the deep, dark corners of your subconscious mind.”

Source : "How to write fiction: Meg Rosoff on finding your voice". www.theguardian.com. October 18, 2011.
“Hey, Tink," Reed called to his wife. He'd given up on the poker game and was cradling the little pink handle that was Mariah Savage in his arms. "Look how cute she is. I think I want one. S'pose we can stop by Walmart and pick up one just like her.?" Chrystal glanced up from her cards and gave her husband a look. "Three o'clock feedings. Smelly diapers. Responsability." "Oh. Right. I'd have to grow up.”

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