"In The Interestings I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away."

-- Meg Wolitzer

#Fall Quotes #Writing Quotes #People Quotes

“Pride is a fault that great men blush not to own: it is the ennobled offspring of self-love; though, it must be confessed, grave and pompous vanity, Iike a fat plebeian in a rove of office, does very often assume its name.”

Source : Joanna Baillie (1851). “The Dramatic and Poetical Works of Joanna Baillie ; Complete in One Volume”, p.209
“Increases in money supply are what constitute inflation, and a general rise in prices is the symptom.”
“When people ask me what I do, strangers on a plane, perhaps, I tell them that I think. Thinking is excellent exercise, as much as swimming or jogging.”
“So much of great American drama has been about a certain kind of dysfunctional family, and maybe my interests are in the kind of strange dysfunction that exists even among deeply functional families.”
“And I did Batman, too. I did Mr. Freeze. I get more mail for him than anything I've ever done.”
“I love you because youâ€™re the only person I want to make love to without any conditions andâ€”and I love that you need me.”
“Most of the people are homesick anyway, and a little lonely, and they hide themselves in their hair and are turned into flowers.”
“I've known for years that resentments don't hurt the person we resent, but they do hurt us.”

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