#lent

All fiction becomes autobiographical when the author has true talent. ↗

— Jeanne Moreau

#autobiographical #becomes #fiction #talent #true

There's nothing stupider than bursting into song for seven seconds and then falling silent again. ↗

— Richard Morris

#bursting #falling #into #nothing #seconds

I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can't teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort. ↗

— Toni Morrison

#comfort #help #i #i think #obviously

There are plenty of examples of people who have had busy lives out there in the world, trying to do good, and written very well at the same time. ↗

— Andrew Motion

#examples #good #had #lives #out

Today's white majority is largely silent about the race question. ↗

— Constance Baker Motley

#largely #majority #question #race #silent

This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave. ↗

— Dee Dee Myers

#good #good intentions #government #innocence #instead

Among them, there were Muslims, Christians, and Jews living together. But then violent organizations came, bringing with them many large groups of people from various parts of the world to Palestine. ↗

— Hassan Nasrallah

#bringing #came #christians #groups #jews

You can't teach talent. You can't put in what God left out - but you can teach confidence. ↗

— Gloria Naylor

#god #left #out #put #talent

The silent majority distrusts people who believe in causes. ↗

— Brian Moore

#causes #distrusts #majority #people #silent

A friendship that like love is warm; A love like friendship, steady. ↗

— Thomas Moore

#friendship #like #love #love is #steady