"I never minded the random scribblings of other readers, found them interesting in fact. It is a truth universally acknowledged that people write the darndest things in the margins of their books."

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Source : "Marginalia and Other Crimes". Essay by Tara Bray Smith in a book "Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Time" by Kevin Smokler, www.sfgate.com. 2009.

Tara Bray Smith

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Interesting Quotes

“When you’re doing stuff online, you should behave as if you’re doing it in public – because increasingly, it is.”
“To me, not every black filmmaker who is making black films is trying to make black cinema.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“My untidy habits drive me to follow the slash-and-burn principle. Work on a virgin table until the mess becomes unbearable, then move on to a clean table in a clean room - or, on a beautiful summer day like this, one of the five tables dotted around the garden. Trash that table and move on again.”
“When you don't know what you're talking about, it's hard to know when you're finished.”
“The more wild and incredible your desire, the more willing and prompt God is in fulfilling it, if you will have it so.”

Source : Coventry Patmore (2016). “The Rod, the Root and the Flower”, p.13, Lulu.com
“A solid process lays the foundation for a healthy culture, one where ideas are evaluated by merit and not by job title.”
“The more powerful a person or institution is, the more transparent - open to public inspection or oversight - its activities should be. The less powerful, the less transparent.”

Source : Source: thenewinquiry.com
“A theater is being given over to market forces, which means that a whole generation that should be able to do theater as well as see it is being completely deprived”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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