#ok

I love home. I'll stay up there for days on end, I won't even go down the driveway to look for the mail. ↗

— Dan Fogelberg

#down #driveway #end #even #go

I never took my SAT's. I never applied to college. I moved right out here and jumped into the thick of things. Whether that was the smart move or not, I'm sitting here talking to you now, so it paid off. ↗

— Scott Foley

#college #here #i #into #jumped

At the evident risk of seeming ridiculous, I want to begin by saying that I have tried for much of my life to write as if I was composing my sentences to be read posthumously. I hope this isn't too melodramatic or self-centred a way of saying that I attempt to write as if I did not care what reviewers said, what peers thought, or what prevailing opinions may be. ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#death #independence #nadine-gordimer #writing #death

If you think you have it tough, read history books. ↗

— Bill Maher

#history #history books #read #story books #think

Thrillers have been traditionally very masculine books; the women characters often rather decorative. ↗

— Ken Follett

#books #characters #decorative #masculine #often

The clue to book jacket photography is to look friendly and approachable, but not too glamorous. ↗

— Antonia Fraser

#clue #friendly #glamorous #jacket #look

We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that. ↗

— Jane Fonda

#long #long time #me #meant #meant to be

When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful children those two kids are to be that nasty about their father. ↗

— Peter Fonda

#children #father #i #jane #kids

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#destiny #his #meets #often #person

A lot of victims, for example, have become addicted to alcohol and drugs. It seems to me that the church's healing ministry is going to be enhanced through this in much broader strokes. That's good, it's all positive. ↗

— Roger Mahony

#alcohol #become #broader #church #enhanced