#de

An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#departure #elaborate #idea #more #point

I am hoping the four new players can bring in some energy and fresh enthusiasm because they do not have the baggage that comes from being part of a losing side. ↗

— Andy Pick

#baggage #because #being #bring #comes

A healthy democracy requires a decent society; it requires that we are honorable, generous, tolerant and respectful. ↗

— Charles W. Pickering

#decent #democracy #generous #healthy #honorable

I consider myself spiritual and I'm married to a man who is both an atheist and a humanist, and my kids have been raised with the traditions of different religions, but they do not go to church or temple. My feeling is that everyone should be able to believe what they want or need to believe. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#atheist #been #believe #both #church

I feel I'm able to get rid of any demons lurking in my psyche through my writing, which leaves me free to create all of this and to enjoy our family life, stepping away from all the fictional traumas and the dramas. If I write about family in crisis, then I won't have to live through it, I guess. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#about #any #away #create #crisis

I write adult fiction, but a good 40 to 50 per cent of my readers are teenagers. I love that if they have to grow up and move past JK Rowling they can move to me. From Jo to Jodi! ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#cent #fiction #good #grow #grow up

On a shelf above my computer are five letters that spell out W-R-I-T-E. Just in case I forget why I'm there. I also have 'Wonder Woman' paraphernalia from when I wrote five issues of the comic, and pictures of my husband and kids. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#also #case #comic #computer #five

During my career several people have tried to push me out the door... Nobody has succeeded yet. ↗

— Ferdinand Piech

#door #during #me #nobody #out

Long hair is considered bohemian, which may be why I grew it, but I keep it long because I love the way it feels, part cloak, part fan, part mane, part security blanket. ↗

— Marge Piercy

#blanket #bohemian #cloak #considered #fan

Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it. ↗

— Abbe Pierre

#aware #lay #me #prepare #providence