"Are the details of our lives who we are, or is it owning those details that makes the difference?"

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Source : Mary E. Pearson (2009). “The Adoration of Jenna Fox”, p.113, Macmillan

Mary E. Pearson

#Differences Quotes #Details Quotes #Who We Are Quotes

“One of the by-products of being a perfectionist and constantly trying to improve myself are sobering feelings of low-grade anxiety and a nagging sense of inadequacy This anxiety keeps me humble.”

Source : Interview with Nicole Rudick, believermag.com. October 1, 2007.
“Sometimes it's good just to be seduced by the particular cheeses spread out in front of you on a cheese counter.”
“I feel like if you can describe something fully and accurately, then people will be able to see it themselves - they don't need be told what to.”

Source : "Kenneth Lonergan Discusses 'Margaret'". Interview with Richard Brody, www.newyorker.com.
“See things from the boy's point of view.”
“Do you know what would hold me together on a battlefield? The sense that I was perpetuating the language in which Keats and the rest of them wrote!”
“Our generation was supposed to be about trying to deal with nuclear concerns and environmental disasters.”
“You are just too young to believe that everything is not going to be okay.”
“Well into adulthood, writing has never gotten easier. It still only ever begins badly, and there are no guarantees that this is not the day when the jig is finally up.”

Source : FaceBook post by David Rakoff from Apr 22, 2013

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