"Not as she is, but as she fills his dream"

-- Christina Rossetti

“Prayer turns theology into experience.”
“There are no styles of karate-do, just varying interpretations of its principles.”
“Maybe people don't think moms are cool. I don't know what to say about it. I don't know. Romantic comedies aren't for everybody, so maybe mom movies aren't for everybody.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“I had become a perfect fake human, saying the stupid and pointless things that humans say to each other all day long.”
“No matter how complex global problems may seem, it is we ourselves who have given rise to them. They cannot be beyond our power to resolve”
“[s]he was a compulsive pessimist, always looking for the soft brown spot in the fruit, pressing so hard she created it.”

Source : Amy Waldman (2011). “The Submission: A Novel”, p.17, Macmillan
“There can be no evolutionary advantage to laying down memories of childhood or perceiving the color of a rose if it doesn't affect the way you're going to move later in life.”
“It's a luxury to be able to tell a long form story. I love novels, and I love to have a long relationship with characters.”

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