"I began wondering, can one really write a biography of an illness? But I found myself thinking of cancer as this character that has lived for 4,000 years, and I wanted to know what was its birth, what is its mind, its personality, its psyche?"

-- Siddhartha Mukherjee

#Cancer Quotes #Character Quotes #Writing Quotes

“In short, Mrs. Pontellier was beginning to realize her position in the universe as a human being, and to recongize her relations as an individual to the world within and about her. This may seem like a ponderous weight of wisdom to descend upon the soul of a young woman of twenty-eight - perhaps more wisdom than the Holy Ghost is usually pleased to vouchsafe to any woman.”
“Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.”
“People think I shave my eyebrow... It's a scar.”

Source : "The 12 Best Beauty Looks From the 2016 Golden Globes" by Julie Schott, www.elle.com. January 11, 2016.
“A woman who writes feels too much.”
“Computer Science: A study akin to numerology and astrology, but lacking the precision of the former and the success of the latter.”

Source : Stan Kelly-Bootle (1995). “The Computer Contradictionary”, p.44, MIT Press
“Watch out for the average--they're usually hiding something big.”

Source : James St. James (2003). “Party Monster: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland”, p.80, Simon and Schuster
“Water the root to enjoy the fruit.”
“Quoting son, Noah Levine: Once you see what the heart really needs, it doesnâ€™t matter if youâ€™re going to live or die, the work is always the same. (25)”

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