"As a Southerner, I love obstacles for my characters."

-- Karin Slaughter

#Character Quotes #Obstacles Quotes #Southerner Quotes

“To lack intelligence is to be in the ring blindfolded.”
“The person who can freely acknowledge that life is full of difficulties can be free, because they are acknowledging the nature of life - that it can't be much else.”
“I crave ideas, and when an idea hits me, it grips me and it tortures me until I master it.”
“The only thing Madonna will ever do like a virgin is give birth in a stable.”
“I came to the resolve that the attempt was not only worth trying, but should be tried in the very near future if we wanted at all to keep our flag flying; for I was sure as of my own existence that if another decade was allowed to pass without an endeavour of some kind or another to shake off an unjust yoke, the Irish people would sink into lethargy from which it would be impossible for any patriot . . . to arouse them . . .”
“If leaders in the space program had at its beginning in the 1940s, pointed out the benefits to people on earth rather than emphasizing the search for proof of evolution in space, the program would have saved $100 billion in tax money and achieved greater results.”
“I think when you've been in a band for a really long time, sometimes you don't appreciate what's good about yourself. It's easy to play something and get too focused on some small detail. It's helpful to have somebody around who can say, "No, that was good." Just so you don't get too lost or forget what you do. You need somebody you really trust who has great taste.”
“I like being in love, but loving is what is crucial to me. Loving is the reason to live.”

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