#al

That a majority of women do not wish for any important change in their social and civil condition, merely proves that they are the unreflecting slaves of custom. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

#change #civil #condition #custom #important

I've had a tough time with Pynchon. I liked him very much when I first read him. I liked him less with each book. He got denser and more complex in a way that didn't really pay off. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#complex #denser #each #first #got

You find yourself refreshed in the presence of cheerful people. Why not make an honest effort to confer that pleasure on others? Half the battle is gained if you never allow yourself to say anything gloomy. ↗

— Lydia M. Child

#anything #battle #cheerful #confer #effort

Of the female black authors, I really like Morrison's early books a lot. But she's really become so much a clone of Faulkner. He did it better. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#become #better #black #books #clone

One more recent novelist to come along is Cormac McCarthy. Him, I like. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#come #him #i #like #mccarthy

The black situation has changed. They finally realized they're Americans. ↗

— Leslie Fiedler

#changed #finally #realized #situation

Male authors always take care to make their heroes at least one inch taller than they are, and considerably more muscular. Just as female authors give their heroines better hair and slimmer thighs. ↗

— Lee Child

#authors #better #care #considerably #female

When something that occupies a giant space in your life comes to an end, then you have to go through a mourning period. I loved 'The Shield.' It was one of the hardest and one of the greatest experiences of my life. But having said that, I'm always thinking about what's next. ↗

— Michael Chiklis

#always #comes #end #experiences #giant

True popular ballads are the spontaneous products of nature. ↗

— Francis James Child

#nature #popular #products #spontaneous #true

Animals that we eat are raised for food in the most economical way possible, and the serious food producers do it in the most humane way possible. I think anyone who is a carnivore needs to understand that meat does not originally come in these neat little packages. ↗

— Julia Child

#come #does #eat #economical #food