Helen Dunmore Writing children’s books gives a writer a very strong sense of narrative drive. – Helen Dunmore Books Quotes Childrens Quotes Drive Quotes Narrative Quotes Sense Quotes Strong Quotes Writer Quotes Writing Quotes When you are young you don’t always realise how full of doubts everybody is. It is a violation which has obsessed the tyrants of the twentieth century. They do not want simply to kill their opponents, but to liquidate them, to deny that they have ever existed.
James Blunt I like ‘Goodbye My Lover’ because it’s a really personal song and I recorded it in my landlady’s bathroom in Los Angeles. She had a piano in there and for me listening back to it, it actually sounds like the voice I hear in my head. It’s so close to what I can imagine. – James Blunt
Drew Gilpin Faust As a kid, I was growing up in an era of celebration of the Civil War centennial, with a lot of ‘Lost Cause’ emphasis on the Confederacy. I used to play Civil War soldiers with my brothers as a child, and my older brother always insisted that he got to be Lee, and I got be Grant. I never knew that Grant won until quite some time had passed. – Drew Gilpin Faust
Sherlyn Chopra I feel that belief is such a powerful force that it can spread the light even in the most hopeless situations. – Sherlyn Chopra
Gabe Kapler Lower stress equals a calmer approach at the plate. Calm equals a still head, allowing us to see the ball better. Confidence and relaxation; the hitter’s Holy Grail. – Gabe Kapler
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