"I write about families. That is who we are."

--

Per Petterson

#Writing Quotes #Who We Are Quotes

“In my time it was different. When I knew the wind was strong, I attacked myself to make the race as hard as possible.”
“Writers sometimes give up what is most strange and wonderful about their writing - soften their roughest edges - to accommodate themselves toward a group response.”
“Unfortunately, most men would only be interested in a woman's mind if it bounced when she walked.”
“I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere.”
“Sarcasm doesn't read sarcastic in print.”
“everyone old enough to have a secret is entitled to have some place to keep it.”

Source : Judith Martin (2002). “Miss Manners' Guide to Rearing Perfect Children”, p.161, Simon and Schuster
“I didn't even know what Chikara was... So I show up at the show, and I'm expecting a normal wrestling show... there's like a f#%ing dude in a dinosaur outfit walking around, and there was a stipulaton that someone would be sent back in time... Not that I disliked it or anything, I was just like, what the hell is going on.”
“I assure you; while I look like a ghost, I'm no spirit or demon. I'm nothing but a girl struggling to make her way in an intolerant world. I bleed, I love, and someday, I'll die.”

Source : Leanna Renee Hieber (2016). “Strangely Beautiful”, p.189, Macmillan

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