#tho

I suppose I started writing seriously at 16 years old. I thought I wrote a novel at 16 and sent it to New York! They sent it back because it wasn't novel. ↗

— Ernest Gaines

#because #i #new #new york #novel

Kristin Brown looks as though she could have been mailed first-class to New York for about a dollar and a half. ↗

— William E. Geist

#been #brown #could #dollar #first-class

I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss. ↗

— Edward Grey

#apparent #became #call #edge #else

We, as a country, have not seen a significant change in immigration policy in nearly two decades, even though all Americans agree that current immigration policy is outdated and malfunctioning. ↗

— Raul Grijalva

#all americans #change #country #current #decades

They've just gone over the line in my opinion, and again, there's a proper time for a pat down, there's a proper time for an advanced technology body search, but it has to be done with some thought. ↗

— John Mica

#advanced technology #again #body #done #down

I regard freedom of expression as the primary right without which one can not have a proper functioning democracy. ↗

— Lord Hailsham

#expression #freedom #freedom of expression #functioning #i

Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act. ↗

— Claud-Adrian Helvetius

#action #every #every man #him #man

The conception of two people living together for twenty-five years without having a cross word suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep. ↗

— Alan Patrick Herbert

#conception #cross #having #lack #living

There are people who have benefited from therapy without being confronted with the past at all. ↗

— Alice Miller

#benefited #confronted #past #people #therapy

I will throw all my best efforts into it, my thoughts and political observations, but ultimately I want to create a narrative that keeps you turning the pages and leaves you with a sense that this thing has a reason for being there. ↗

— Frank Miller

#being there #best #create #efforts #i