Mary Alice Monroe quotes
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“Privacy is something that we maintain for the good of ourselves and others. Secrecy we keep to separate ourselves from others, even those we love.”
-- Mary Alice MonroeSource : Mary Alice Monroe (2012). “The Beach House”, p.133, Harlequin
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“To me, the glass is half-empty some days and half-full on others. Sometimes it's bone-dry. Or overflowing.”
-- Mary Alice MonroeSource : Mary Alice Monroe (2017). “Girl in the Mirror”, p.135, MIRA
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“I always begin with a source of inspiration that comes from nature. The story comes from my research, volunteering, and meeting the people involved in that story world. I am an intuitive writer and an image, sound, experience can all inspire a scene or a plot twist!”
-- Mary Alice MonroeSource : Source: www.maryannhenry.com
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“As I began researching butterflies, however, the monarch stood out among all of them. It's the only butterfly - the only insect - that migrates like a bird or a whale!”
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“The theme that runs through all my books is connection. Connection - physical and non-physical - with other humans, and connection with nature are necessary for our well-being. Without it, we are depressed, lonely, and fail to thrive.”
-- Mary Alice MonroeSource : Source: www.maryannhenry.com
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“Southern writing is regional: it includes dialect, settings, and cultural traditions from that region. However the themes and story conflicts are universal. My challenge is to write regional fiction without falling into the trap of nostalgia. There are important issues facing the south that I believe should be raised in the stories to make them contemporary, believable, and relevant to today's readers.”
-- Mary Alice MonroeSource : Source: www.maryannhenry.com
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“Privacy isn't dead, although it is fashionable for digerati to say so.”
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“Privacy is one of the biggest problems in this new electronic age.”
Source : "Prolific Nobel winner's pen name? 'Not talking'" by Joe Sterling and Steven Jiang, www.cnn.com. October 11, 2012.
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“At the end of the whole day of working with people you want some privacy.”
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“Secrecy is thus, so to speak, a transition stadium between being and not-being.”
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Source : Sir Henry Bessemer (1905). “Sir Henry Bessemer, F.R.S.: An autobiography”
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