"Words have weight, something once said cannot be unsaid. Meaning is like a stone dropped into a pool; the ripples will spread and you cannot know what back they wash against."

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Source : Philippa Gregory (2006). “The Constant Princess”, p.387, Simon and Schuster

Philippa Gregory

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“It's hard thinking about Iraq at night when I'm dancing with transvestites in the afternoon.”
“If you don't see the book you want on the shelves, write it.”
“The first draft is the child's draft, where you let it all pour out and then let it romp all over the place, knowing that no one is going to see it and that you can shape it later.”
“If you can play the piano, you can play any instrument.”

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“For three days now this angel, almost too heavenly for earth has been my fiancÃ©e ... Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant colours. Upon his engagement to Johanne Osthof of Brunswick; they married 9 Oct 1805.”
“I realize now I didn't really want to die. I just wanted to stop the hurt and pain.”
“Turkeys know their names, come when you call, and are totally affectionate. They're better than teenagers.”
“As the surface of the seashore rocks were pitted by by the waves and gathered limpets that further disguised what lay beneath, so time made truth of what appeared to be. The days that passed, in becoming weeks, still did not disturb the surface an assumption had created. The weather of a beautiful summer continued with neither sign nor hint that credence had been misplaced. The single sandal found among the rocks became a sodden image of death; and as the keening on the pier at Kilauran traditionally marked distres brought by the sea, so did silence at Lahardane.”

Source : William Trevor (2011). “The Story of Lucy Gault”, p.36, Penguin UK

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