"It's like when you read a book and you know that the words are important, but the images blossoming in your imagination are even more important because it's your mind that allows the words to come to life."

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Source : Jack Gantos (2011). “Dead End in Norvelt”, p.182, Macmillan

Jack Gantos

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“Suffering is part of the human condition, and it comes to us all. The key is how we react to it, either turning away from God in anger and bitterness or growing closer to Him in trust and confidence.”
“I got called to write for Aerosmith, nothing ever came of it, but I ended up spending the day with Steven Tyler and going to his house and we sat down at the piano, just me and him, and he sang for me and played, then he asked me to sing for him, and then we sang harmony together. That was just a big moment where it was like 'oh my god, my life is crazy!' It was really cool.”
“I just don't think one person has that much to contribute to any subject”
“I started working at Apple about 18 months after I bought my Apple II”
“The concept of justice I take to be defined, then, by the role of its principles in assigning rights and duties and in defining the appropriate division of social advantages. A conception of justice is an interpretation of this role.”
“I will accept no commission that would tend to create a rivalry with Grant. I want him to hold what he has earned and got. I have all the rank I want.”
“The more I get to do this character, the more I realize that she's not just annoying. It's that her strength is not interacting with people socially. She just doesn't have time because she has so much going on in her brain.”
“I was like a social worker for lepers. My clients had a chunk of their body they wanted to give away; for a price I was there to receive it.”

Source : Tama Janowitz (1991). “Slaves of New York”, p.2, Simon and Schuster

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