"Separate from the other unnamed billions who walk the earth, each of these little groups of three or five or twelve, brought together by the shuffle of chance, then welded by blood, sees in itself the whole of earth, or all that matters of it. What happens to one of the three or five or twelve will happen to them all. Whatever grief or triumph may touch any one will touch every one, as they are carried forward into the unknowable under the brilliant, terrifying sun which nourishes all."

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Source : Belva Plain (2009). “Evergreen”, p.441, Dell

Belva Plain

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“Acting is way of making yourself exist.”
“I'll keep on acting 'til they wipe the drool. I like the business. I like to do different parts and diverse characters. I haven't lost my enthusiasm yet!”
“Courage is not the absence of fear â€” it s inspiring others to move beyond it.”
“Because having your story told, as a woman, as a person of color, as a lesbian or as a trans person, or as any member of any disenfranchised community... is sadly often still a radical idea. There is so much power in storytelling and there is enormous power in inclusive storytelling and inclusive representations .”

Source : Kerry Washington's Acceptance Speech at the GLAAD Media Awards, www.vulture.com. March 22, 2015.
“Slipknot is the darkness; Stone Sour is the light. Slipknot is chaos; Stone Sour is structure.”
“They're not chicks. They're ducks.”

Source : Lauren Myracle (2009). “Peace, Love, and Baby Ducks”, p.204, Penguin
“Starships are all work and no fun.”
“I like skateboarding. I'm here on this planet to skateboard; I feel this is what God wants me to do. I just live it. I get hurt all the time. I break bones. It's just all part of the process.”

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