"In order to be a living, breathing thing, a novel has to be failed in some kind of way. Or at least that's how I keep writing them."

-- Dana Spiotta

#Writing Quotes #Order Quotes #Breathing Quotes

“Generosity makes at least two people feel good.”
“I'm honest with myself how I feel. If I feel good, I feel good. If I don't - if I'm tight - I don't just try to muscle through everything, because you've got to be a little bit smarter.”
“My whole life I've had the fear that I was going to be abandoned.”
“To go like a cat upon a hot bakestone.”
“Whenever anyone, Buddhist or not, sees a Temple or an image of Buddha they receive blessings.”
“It simply feels right to me to blend the glittery delights of New York City with a largely raw vegan diet - with the soul-deep conviction that animals are not ours to eat, wear, exploit or experiment on.”
“I would not want to put him in charge of snake control in Ireland.”
“There are, for example, so many kinds of tongues in this world; and none is without voice. If then I know not the power of the voice, I shall be to him to whom I speak a barbarian; and he that speaketh, a barbarian to me.”

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