"I was able to sit at Lincoln's side and see how he thought and how he acted, and how he felt about what was going on around him. I felt the pressures that were on him. You can see what people were writing to him, how they were nudging him."

-- David Herbert Donald

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Able Quotes

“You do what you need to if you're serious about playing great golf.”
“I saw doves and I thought they were rocks, but they were asleep. My breath made them stir, and they rocks took flight, the earth exploding... and my only thought was that I wanted you to see them, too.”
“There's a big difference between decorators and designers and the training is very different.”
“I must identify myself with Africa. Then I will have an identity.”
“First black president ever, and to be living while it happened - that's a good part of history. That's probably the biggest person I admire right now.”
“I remember in my early 20s when I felt I couldn't live past 30. I was learning how to write. I had a lot of hard work ahead of me.”
“No matter how sinful one may have been, if he has devotion to Mary, it is impossible that he be lost.”
“Problem-solving is hunting; it is savage pleasure and we are born to it.”

Source : Thomas Harris (2009). “The Silence of the Lambs”, p.320, Macmillan

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