"Ultimately, any character you write - no matter how fantastic or alien - is an extension of yourself. When our characters reflect the truth of our souls and psyches, they become real and compelling. The wonderful paradox is that the characters then take on lives of their own, separate from their creators. That's where the magic comes in."

-- J. M. DeMatteis

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“I would rather be the hammer than the anvil”
“Religion is indeed a convention which a man must be bred in to endure with any patience; and yet religion, for all its poetic motley, comes closer than work-a-day opinion to the heart of things.”
“The saxophone is so human. Its tendency is to be rowdy, edgy, talk too loud, bump into people, say the wrong words at the wrong time, but then, you take a breath all the way from the center of the earth and blow. All that heartache is forgiven. All that love we humans carry makes a sweet, deep sound and we fly a little.”

Source : FaceBook post by Joy Harjo from Mar 05, 2013
“In fact, we live in a culture where intelligence, exceptional or not, is reviled.”

Source : "Stuff To Read: Fran Lebowitz Interview In Ruminator Magazine". Interview with Susannah McNeely, vdovault.wordpress.com. June 10, 2006.
“I want to turn the clock back to when people lived in small villages and took care of each other.”

Source : "The Old Left". New York Times Magazine Interview, www.nytimes.com. January 22, 1995.
“We die daily. Happy those who daily come to life as well.”
“Here lies a toppled god. His fall was not a small one. We did but build his pedestal, A narrow and a tall one.”
“The drops of rain make a hole in the stone not by violence but by oft falling.”

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