"I was mortified by the prospect of becoming hopelessly trapped in someone else's story."

-- Lionel Shriver

#Stories Quotes #Becoming Quotes

“Trudeau's not somebody's who's going to make strange faces if Trump says something rude. Trudeau's very aware of his personal image.”
“The writer, like the murderer, needs a motive,”

Source : Janet Malcolm (2013). “The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes”, p.183, Vintage
“I wish all men were like dogs.”
“artists ... all have a need that cannot be met by another human being.”
“She gets a hundred for her body and a nickel for her soul.”
“The trouble is, SMers are allowing themselves to be defined by what they are not. We think, "Oh, so many people believe that we're all murderers and rapists, and we have to explain that we're not!" Uh so, a slogan for the gay civil rights movement should be "Normal, Non-threatening and Not After Your Children"?”

Source : "Unsafe at Any Speed or: Safe, Sane and Consensual, My Fanny". Pucker Up, Issue 1, Winter 1995.
“I do get a lot of requests for specific things.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Nevertheless, (Jefferson) believed that the habit of skepticism is an essential prerequisite for responsible citizenship. He argued that the cost of education is trivial compared to the cost of ignorance, of leaving government to the wolves. He taught that the country is safe only when the people rule.”

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