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John Cheever quote: "I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss—you..."
I can’t write without a reader. It’s precisely like a kiss—you can’t do it alone. John Cheever
Peter Shaffer quote: "Do you know what it's like for two people to live in the same..."
Do you know what it's like for two people to live in the same house as if they were in different parts of the world? Peter Shaffer
It's more complicated than that. I know them. They're not evil or cruel. They're not even smart. Hurting them, it's like hurting children. Suzanne Collins
- "Women should all move to Amazonia, or at least vacation there four times a year."- "Amazonia?"- "It's the girl world in my head, where I go when I'm annoyed with Carter, or just men in general. There are five shoe stores per capita, nothing has any calories, and all the books and movies end happy ever after."- "I like Amazonia. When do we leave? Nora Roberts
I never presume to give advice on writing. I think the best way to learn to write is to read booksand stories by bood writers. It's a hard thing to preach about. As Thelonious Monk once said abouthis field, "Talking about music is like dancing about architecture. Maureen Dowd
Yukio Mishima quote: "Human life is limited but I would like to live forever."
Human life is limited but I would like to live forever. Yukio Mishima
I'm not a big scatology fan, unlike my sons, who can amuse themselves for an entire afternoon by repeating the phrase 'crocodile fart.' So I'll spare you from an overabundance of detail in this chapter. This chapter will be somewhat soft focus, like the TV camera in a Barbra Streisand interview. A. J. Jacobs
She found out that having something to do prevented you from feeling seasick, and that even a job like scrubbing a deck could be satisfying, if it was done in a seamanlike way. She was very taken with this notion, and later on she folded the blankets on her bunk in a seamanlike way, and put her possessions in the closet in a seamanlike way, and used 'stow' instead of 'tidy' for the process of doing so. After two days at sea, Lyra decided that this was the life for her. Philip Pullman
As if this were a signal to her, Naoko stood and glided toward the head of the bed, gown rustling faintly. She knelt on the floor by my pillow, eyes fixed on mine. I stared back at her, but her eyes told me nothing. Strangely transparent, they seemed like windows to a world beyond, but however long I peered into their depths, there was nothing I could see. Our faces were no more than ten inches apart, but she was light-years away from me. Haruki Murakami
I like old men. They can be wonderful bastards because they have nothing to lose. The only people who can be themselves are babies and old bastards. John Updike
You couldn’t begin to imagine who I am, where I’m going, or what I’m about to do, All of you are trapped here. You can’t go anywhere, forward or back. But I’m not like you. I have work to do. I have a mission to accomplish. And so, with your permission, I shall move ahead. Haruki Murakami
I prayed as we walked up the hill. I prayed and felt a measure of calm return. No visions. No angels singing. But a feeling of peace flowed over me. Ii took a deep breath, and something hard and tight and ugly in my heart let go. I took it as a good sign that I'd get to Jeff in time. But part of me was skeptical. God doesn't always save someone. Often He just helps you live through the loss. I guess I don't entirely trust God. I never doubt Him, but His motives are too beyond me. ... Laurell K. Hamilton
Years ago I wrote a column about the Central Park Jogger, a rape victim who happened to be an investment banker and a graduate of Wellsley College. I called her the Perfect Victim. I regret that now. Rape is a bad thing even when the victim doesn't look just like me. A. Whitney Brown
Terry Prachett quote: "Teppic hadn’t been educated. Education had just settled on..."
Teppic hadn’t been educated. Education had just settled on him, like dandruff. Terry Prachett
Suzanne Collins quote: "I thought he wanted it, anyway," I say. "Not like this,"..."
I thought he wanted it, anyway," I say. "Not like this," Haymitch says. "He wanted it to be real. Suzanne Collins

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