"If the storytellers told it true, all stories would end in death."

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Source : George Pelecanos (2010). “The Way Home”, p.282, Hachette UK

George Pelecanos

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“Our teenage "druggies" are habituated to drugs rather than addicted. While beer and other alcoholic beverages are preferred drugs, kids have simply not used alcohol long enough to become addicted. The other drug of preference - ***** - is not addictive.”

Source : "'Gone Way Down: Teenage Drug-Use is a Disease". American Studies Press, Tampa, Florida, 1981.
“To have weakness is not to be flawed--it's to be complete.”
“You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes.”
“Dance therapy provides an outlet for energy and a safe and playful environment in which many areas of conflict can be identified and worked through, and appropriate adult roles and behavior tried out.”

Source : Judith Lynne Hanna (2006). “Dancing for Health: Conquering and Preventing Stress”, p.200, Rowman Altamira
“nothing good ever comes out of denying the truth about our situation.”
“I've worked really hard. I could go and by a really expensive watch, but I don't. I still have an allowance and I stick to it. I never go over it and I always put a bit of money away to save.”

Source : Source: www.mirror.co.uk
“I'm not fixed in any genre. I love all kinds of films. The essential thing is; you have to have good material. If you have the filmmaker, and the material, and the script is good, you can start from there.”
“The world when I was 13 wasn't truly driven by tabloid magazines and social media and reality shows. I was able to have a little more of a private life.”

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