"I never write a book unless I can't help it. Something has to bother me, like a mosquito, until I have to do something to relieve the itch."

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Gregory Maguire

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Mosquitoes Quotes

“The great passion in a man's life may not be for women or men or wealth or toys or fame, or even for his children, but for his masculinity, and at any point in his life he may be tempted to throw over the things for which he regularly lays down his life for the sake of that masculinity. He may keep this passion secret from women, and he may even deny it to himself, but the other boys know it about themselves and the wiser ones know it about the rest of us as well.”
“I was carried away, swept along by the mighty stream of words pouring from the hundreds of pages. To me it was the ultimate book: once you had read it, neither your own life nor the world you lived in would ever look the same.”
“Particularly in periods of crisis, governments have the obligation to lead by good example! Instead, many in Europe are confronting this global challenge with a penny-pinching mentality that drives me crazy.”
“As football gets more globalized, it's probably more important than ever to have one or two players in your team who have grown up in the same streets or been to the same schools as the hard-core fans.”
“Fear depends on time for it's strength! Confront that which you fear with speed.”

Source : Twitter post from Apr 28, 2012
“Some women waited for a night in shining armor. She, apparently, had ended up with a knight in black jeans and leather, who wanted to chase her down and have his evil way with her.”
“Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.”
“If by Godot I had meant God I would have said God, and not Godot.”

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