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Steven Millhauser

"But what struck me was the book-madness of the place--books lay scattered across the unmade bed and the top of a battered-looking desk, books stood in knee-high piles on the floor, books were crammed sideways and right side up in a narrow bookcase that rose higher than my head and leaned dangerously from the wall, books sat in stacks on top of a dingy dresser. The closet door was propped open by a pile of books, and from beneath the bed a book stuck out beside the toe of a maroon slipper."

Source : Steven Millhauser (2008). “Dangerous Laughter”, p.35, Vintage

Steven Millhauser

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“I firmly believe that in this fiery ordeal, in this suffering, misery, and woe, the South is but undergoing a purification by fire and steel that will, in good time, and by God's decree, work out her own independence.”
“Nobody knows because Team Obama has conveniently arranged for you to be kept in the dark on your health insurance costs until after everyone votes next week.”

Source : "How High Will Your Health Insurance Premiums Go In 2015?". townhall.com. October 28, 2014.
“The Southern past, the Southern present, the Southern future, concentrated into Gertrude's voice, became one of red clay pine-barrens, of chain-gang camps, of housewives dressed in flour sacks who stare all day dully down into dirty sinks.”
“It's tough now to meet a girl who wants to hang out with you because she likes your personality - who hasn't seen you on TV and is like, 'Hey!'”
“How many pages are there in my life?? Iâ€™ve read only a prologue.. But personally itâ€™s exciting already.”
“It is the great business of every Christian to save souls. People complain that they do not know how to take hold of this matter. Why, the reason is plain enough; they have never studied it. They have never taken the proper pains to qualify themselves for the work. If you do not make it a matter of study, how you may successfully act in building up the kingdom of Christ, you are acting a very wicked and absurd part as a Christian.”
“I just love the days when you come out of the archives with half a dozen excellent descriptions or poignant accounts of personal experiences.”
“Being successful as a creative person is a crapshoot, but it's essential if you feel drawn to being creative that you express it.”

Source : Source: www.psychologyart.com

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