"I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines."

-- Jane Haddam

#Teacher Quotes #College Quotes #Editors Quotes

“I do have a lot of references coming out of the '60s, '70s, and '80s, but I don't consciously think, "I'm going to put this here and this there." It comes out of my unconscious, and I don't want it to be just retro.”
“Problem with segregation isn't that people can't live in peaceful harmony singing "Kumbaya" - although that wouldn't be bad. The problem is that many of these Whitopian communities are taking state, local, and federal resources with them.”

Source : "Journey into the Heart of Whiteness". Interview with Elizabeth Gettelman, www.motherjones.com. December 23, 2009.
“This 20th win means more to me than the perfect game in 1968.”
“Ecuador is a country which defends the right to life.”

Source : "Julian Assange asylum application may take time, says Ecuador president" by Esther Addley, www.theguardian.com. June 22, 2012.
“Literature simply becomes richer after you've been fired, rejected, stranded, or had to change a few midnight diapers.”
“The air will always be to filled with something. Your body too sore or tired. Your father too drunk. Your wife too cold. You will always have some excuse not to live your life.”
“Okay, you can die for your country, but know what you're doing while you're doing it.”
“There's a point, you know, where treachery is so complete and unashamed that it becomes statesmanship.”

Source : George MacDonald Fraser (2013). “Flashman and the Mountain of Light”, p.195, Penguin

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