Jonathan Stroud I read a bit of the Icelandic sagas. They’re fascinating in that they are completely ordinary. The farmer will go off into the hills and fight a troll, and then go back and do ordinary things. It’s an odd mix of fantasy and reality. – Jonathan Stroud Bit Quotes Completely Quotes Fantasy Quotes Farmer Quotes Fascinating Quotes Fight Quotes Hills Quotes Icelandic Quotes Mix Quotes Odd Quotes Ordinary Quotes Read Quotes Reality Quotes Sagas Quotes Troll Quotes As an author, you need to keep talking to your audience to remind yourself what they like and what they don’t like. You spend most of your life locked in a room, and you need to be social occasionally. We grow up being told about great figures in our society, and as you get older you have to question the stories you’ve been told and decide if these great figures are indeed as great as you’ve been told.
Henry Giroux As the humanities and liberal arts are downsized, privatized, and commodified, higher education finds itself caught in the paradox of claiming to invest in the future of young people while offering them few intellectual, civic, and moral supports. – Henry Giroux
Joey Kramer Because of our excessive touring and not giving up, it wasn’t until ‘Toys’ came out that ‘Dream On’ really caught on. And then, of course, ‘Walk This Way’ crept up after that. Things went our way after that. – Joey Kramer
Chris Grayling I don’t think all the cycle lanes in London have been designed as well as they should have been. – Chris Grayling
Nicole Krauss I have realised just how important it is to readers to feel that fictional stories are based on reality. – Nicole Krauss
Nina Dobrev I have one mascara that I use religiously, and I refuse to try anything else, and if they discontinued it I would probably cry. Cover Girl lash blast, in the orange tube. – Nina Dobrev
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