Lynn Abbey Quotes

I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books.

Lynn Abbey

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 18, 1948

Topics

WritingFreeFree WillWillSheHer

I can remember being eight, and I like writing about that age of innocence when children still have a sense of wonder.

John Boyne

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I feel my knees changing - like, why do I have this pain when I'm running on the treadmill? What's going on with my lower back when I wake up in the morning? I just feel changes. And I'm definitely fearful in a very vain manner about my body ageing.

Jessica Biel

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You're always putting yourself into your work. There's no separation; it's just how you use yourself and transform.

Jenny Slate

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A short exposure to the convention convinced me that the Internet may save the Democracy in that it is a way for the people, for the citizens, to have some direct influence on the government.

John Jay Hooker

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What I wanted was for everyone listening to understand that these things mattered - not necessarily for me, but in this particular forum they mattered in terms of whether of not we were getting a person who should sit on the Supreme Court.

Anita Hill

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You cannot easily fit women into a structure that is already coded as male; you have to change the structure.

Mary Beard

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As the economy faces such difficulties, more tough questions need to be asked about what the Tories would do if elected. Their ideology of free markets and small government needs challenging. That has to be part of our job.

Lucy Powell

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If you listen to a woman, you'll know what she wants.

Logic

WomanYouKnowListenSheWants

You'll encounter difficulties at any job, and the best way for me to get through them is via endurance.

Liu Wen

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Spidey was the one comic I read consistently throughout my childhood. As someone who grew up a nerd, scrawny, and picked on in high school, I related very strongly to Peter Parker.

Josh Keaton

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My parents went through the dictionary looking for a beautiful name, nearly called me Banyan, flicked on a few pages and came to China, which is cockney rhyming slang for mate.

China Mieville

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I'm happy with all of my past outfits, as they have felt right at the time, and your style always evolves.

Chiara Ferragni

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