#no

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#art #away #craft #desire #end

I love imagining being someone else in another time. ↗

— Georgina Chapman

#another time #being #else #i #i love

He stepped into her line of sight and brushed the robe aside to press a tender kiss on her scarred breast. “They are part of you. I think you are beautiful with them.” “I’m not perfect like other shifters.” “I don’t want perfect because it doesn’t exist in any species. ↗

— Lia Davis

#lia-davis #magick #paranormal-romance #romance #shapeshifter

I received an honorary doctorate for my work. Maybe one of these works is considered the equivalent of a Ph.D. ↗

— Iris Chang

#doctorate #equivalent #honorary #i #maybe

If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly. ↗

— Iris Chang

#conditions #could #economic #great #often

Now, most of the new immigrants coming to this country are from Asia as opposed to Europe. ↗

— Iris Chang

#coming #country #europe #immigrants #most

Often, what you see in the media is driven by economic forces. ↗

— Iris Chang

#economic #economic forces #forces #media #often

Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another. ↗

— Iris Chang

#another #crisis #economic #economic crisis #exploited

What has marked Chinese society is its level of cruelty, not just revolutions and wars. We ought to reject it totally, otherwise in another upheaval there will be further cruelty. ↗

— Jung Chang

#chinese #cruelty #further #just #level

You know, I feel like if I don't change something, then the results maybe are going to continue the way that they have. That for me is not something that I want to really be a part of. ↗

— Michael Chang

#continue #feel #going #i #i feel