"Most readers of historical fiction are content to just get caught up in a good story, and that is what I want to do as an author. I am not concerned with people knowing exactly what I made up and what is real."

-- Melanie Benjamin

#Real Quotes #Knowing Quotes #People Quotes

“Blessings we enjoy daily, and for the most of them, because they be so common, men forget to pay their praises. [and miss much of their benefits from grateful appreciation]”
“I'm not better than anyone else. I'm not supposed to be on a pedestal. I've always stayed away from that.”
“When life kicks you, let it kick you forward.”
“Two things help to keep one's job. First, let the boss think he's having his own way. Second, let him have it.”
“You know what they say about bold spacemen never becoming old spacemen.”
“You can best serve civilization by being against what usually passes for it.”
“The mark of fear is not easily removed.”
“When I teach seminars, I tell people, Your stuff has to look like something thats out there, because otherwise nobody will take a chance on you.”

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