"Deeply affecting and compulsively readable, The Fifty-First State displays Lisa Borders' emotional acuity, first-rate skills as a storyteller, and profound empathy not only for her two compelling main characters but for an oft-neglected region and a disappearing way of life."

-- Christopher Castellani

#Character Quotes #Emotional Quotes #Skills Quotes

“I felt for a long time that this is what I want to do so I'm happy at this point to just take my time and work on projects that I feel strongly about, and the rest of the time just live my life”
“Ric Flair, you put me in this position. You named me the Legend Killer and after Tuesday, you will respect me.”
“There are lot of bands that have too many songs, I think.”

Source : "Built to Spill's Doug Martsch Talks New LP". Interview with Pitchfork, pitchfork.com. June 9, 2009.
“In architecture, the demand was no longer for box-like forms, but for buildings that have something to say to the human emotions.”
“Some struggles are so solitary that they drown in words.”
“I'd be lying if I said it wasn't fun to go to these nights out, like the opening of a film or something, but I dip in and out of it.”
“In the history of comics and movies and music too, it's always when things are at their bottomed-out, either creatively or financially, there's more chance-taking going on.”
“Simplicity is about subtracting the obvious and adding the meaningful.”

Source : Twitter post from Nov 17, 2013

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