"Allowing yourself to stop reading a book - at page 25, 50, or even, less frequently, a few chapters from the end - is a rite of passage in a reader's life, the literary equivalent of a bar mitzvah or a communion, the moment at which you look at yourself and announce: Today I am an adult. I can make my own decisions."

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Source : Sara Nelson (2004). “So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading”, p.38, Penguin

Sara Nelson

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“I'm good at embroidery. It's what I always wanted to do.... Yep, instead of whoring, I just wanted to do fancy embroidery.”
“I always go in very emotionally when I'm doing music. Sad or happy, I'm always into it.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“In the back of my mind, I can never forget this could be gone tomorrow - and at this point I think the odds are against me... the chances of succeeding in this business are slim to none; there's only a handful of people that have long careers. You have to put in the work, you can never be satisfied, never take it for granted.”
“A lover tries to stand in well with the pet dog of the house.”
“To entertain at home is both a relief and a rediscovery - of rooms and settings, of your favorite things, and particularly of your own tastes and ideas.”

Source : Martha Stewart, Elizabeth Hawes (1982). “Entertaining”, Clarkson Potter
“To leave Italy at 17 without money and go to a country like England is very rare; Italians stay with the family until 30, 35. But I couldn't stand to live in this box anymore. I was getting bigger, and the box was getting smaller.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Rumors spread faster than news and news spreads faster than the happenings”
“How does contemporary technology and culture changes our understanding of what it means to be human. What is our relationship with - and responsibilities towards - that which we create.”

Source : The Condition report Interview, www.patriciapiccinini.net. 2014.

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