"I held a nail in place and slammed it with the hammer. Best. Chore. Ever."

-- Cate Tiernan

#Nails Quotes #Hammers Quotes #Chores Quotes

“I realized that it's all really one, that John Lennon was correct. We utilize the music to bring down the walls of Berlin, to bring up the force of compassion and forgiveness and kindness between Palestines, Hebrews. Bring down the walls here in San Diego, Tijuana, Cuba.”
“There was nothing new in sitting on this dock, on this or that wooden bench, watching for his boat to come. In some ways, she was always waiting for him.”

Source : Ann Brashares (2008). “The Last Summer (of You and Me)”, p.8, Penguin
“You're trying to pin me down. I'm not a verbal person. Look at my work and decide for yourself. It's hard to put it into words.”
“If I were the Mexican-American father of a young child who was having trouble sleeping because of Donald Trump, or who was being bullied in school because of Trump, or who was becoming ashamed of her own background because of Trump, and Trump somehow slipped away from his security and was walking down a corridor alone to use the men's room at the restaurant where I worked - if I had that chance to confront him, what would I do? Of course if a Mexican or Latino harmed Trump, it would only make things worse. Let John McCain do it. He's a soldier.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Honesty is the cruelest game of all, because not only can you hurt someone - and hurt them to the bone - you can feel self-righteous about it at the same time.”
“I like a text that reminds the reader its a text sometimes.”
“There's no such thing as an open draw. At least for me - I mean, obviously for Roger Federer, I think every draw feels open for him - but for me there's no such thing as an open draw”
“The desire to write a novel is the single required prerequisite for writing a novel.”

Source : Jane Smiley (2008). “13 Ways of Looking at the Novel”, p.29, Anchor

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