Homer Hickam Throughout my childhood, when I raised my blanket in the morning, I saw a black, sparkling powder float off it. My socks were always black with coal dirt when I took off my shoes at night. – Homer Hickam Black Quotes Blanket Quotes Childhood Quotes Coal Quotes Dirt Quotes Float Quotes Morning Quotes Night Quotes Powder Quotes Raised Quotes Shoes Quotes Socks Quotes Sparkling Quotes My father use to say if coal died, the country died. He was right. Our economy rests on the back of the coal miner. If we did not have the black diamonds of the mountains to burn, we would lose more than half of the nation’s energy reserves. Throughout my childhood, when I raised my blanket in the morning, I saw a black, sparkling powder float off it. My socks were always black with coal dirt when I took off my shoes at night.
Betty WhitePositive I’m a big cockeyed optimist. I try to accentuate the positive as opposed to the negative. – Betty White
Romesh Gunesekera For me, there is urgency in fiction, even though writing is, in itself, an act against the corrosiveness of time. – Romesh Gunesekera
Rickie Lee Jones When I was single my career was my life, so everything I did was of grave importance and was greatly disturbing. – Rickie Lee Jones
Erica JongWisdom No one ever found wisdom without also being a fool. Writers, alas, have to be fools in public, while the rest of the human race can cover its tracks. – Erica Jong
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