#in

There's nothing like rejection to make you do an inventory of yourself. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#like #make #nothing #rejection #you

We decry violence all the time in this country, but look at our history. We were born in a violent revolution, and we've been in wars ever since. We're not a pacific people. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#born #country #decry #ever #history

I haven't done a lot of things in my career that my kids can watch, because they are 8, 6 and 3, and they are pretty young; so given the concepts that the film was about a superhero, it was a black superhero, and it was a father and son type partnership. ↗

— Blair Underwood

#because #black #career #concepts #done

Every rejection is incremental payment on your dues that in some way will be translated back into your work. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#dues #every #incremental #into #payment

Never forget that the key to the situation lies in the will and not in the imagination. ↗

— Evelyn Underhill

#imagination #key #lies #never #never forget

I looked at him through swollen eyes. The light glowed around him and he looked like he was floating. He was a glowing creature from another world, opening his gossamer wings and beckoning me. I wanted to tumble into his embrace. We'd be able to fly and I wouldn't mind the sunshine or the sky if he could just hold me forever. ↗

— Heather Anastasiu

#in-love #love #love

If you put somebody on a crack pipe and give them a 9 mm Baretta, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to figure out what's going to happen next. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#figure #give #going #happen #mm

Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#almost #difficult #hit #home #home run

But we didn't have the financial structure, like the right attorneys, the right managers, the right accountants, and we were going against the grain of what black entertainers is supposed to do. ↗

— Solomon Burke

#against #attorneys #black #entertainers #financial

I didn't do the marching down the streets, jumping in front of the lines and holding hands... that wasn't me. ↗

— Solomon Burke

#front #hands #holding #holding hands #i