"Itâ€™s humbling, to become the very thing you once mocked."

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Gillian Flynn

#Humbling Quotes

“There definitely isn't a structure anymore to how I get ideas. A lot of times I'll just write down a phrase, or I'll have an idea that's attached to just a few chords. Other times, it's work.”
“...for Paul faith is always faith in a person. Faith is not the intellectual acceptance of a body of doctrine; faith is faith in a person.”
“The doctrine of population has been conspicuously absent, not because I doubt in the least its truth and vast importance, but because it forms no part of the direct problem of economics.”
“I've always loved improv. It's my thing.”

Source : Interview with Nathan Rabin, www.avclub.com. October 8, 2008.
“It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone what it compares its situation to that can make anyone happy or miserable. Compare it to something better - result envy, frustration and sadness. Compare it to something worse - relief, gratitude and happiness.”
“Because if something does go wrong, you'll need what you're feeling to matter, to someone somewhere, anyway.”

Source : Kij Johnson (2012). “At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories”, p.236, Small Beer Press
“Often times I'll quickly dash off an email or text message when I leave a party. A particularly enjoyable evening, however, that warrants a thank-you note or a phone call. I always say a handwritten note is the ultimate hallmark of a classy woman. But an email is better than nothing.”
“Rumpty!" he muttered, which was very rude if you were one of the few people in the universe who understood what it meant.”

Source : "Doctor Who The Scream Of The Shalka". Book by Paul Cornell, July 31, 2013.

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