Linda Grant Quotes

When I was in my 20s in the 1970s, I read all of Jean Rhys. I have reread very little since because the first impressions were so powerful they have stayed with me.

Linda Grant

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: February 15, 1951

Topics

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Writing is an amazing place to hide, to go into the rabbit hole, and pull the trap door down over your head.

Ann Patchett

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Black music has increased my enjoyment of what I do. It has increased my range, my ability to reach into myself and accept myself.

Michael Bolton

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I'm not running around looking for love and validation.

Sophie B. Hawkins

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At the root of any societal issue is human truth, especially those truths we find hard to confront.

Steve Stoute

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Many researchers have joined the field and applied the LED to many new markets such as mobile phone screens, LED TV, and LED Lighting.

Shuji Nakamura

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One of my favorite books is 'Man's Search for Meaning.'

Robin S. Sharma

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I don't make movies thinking: 'Oh, this is going to be a huge box-office hit.'

Diane Kruger

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Drive slow and enjoy the scenery - drive fast and join the scenery.

Douglas Horton

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One of the first thoughts I had, when doing early exoplanet research, was that Earth and its many companions seemed very different from the planetary systems we were detecting.

Debra Fischer

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Rape, mutilation, abuse, and theft are the natural outcome of a world in which force rules, in which human beings are objects.

Chris Hedges

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The spookiest thing for me is when I think I see something, and then nothing is there. I always imagine I see something, or I'll catch movement out of the corner of my eye, but nothing is really there.

Chris Massoglia

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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.

Plato

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