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“Church always seemed the same. Jess could tune it out the same way he tuned out school, with his body standing up and sitting down in unison with the rest of the congregation but his mind numb and floating, not really thinking or dreaming but at least free.”
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“Her handwriting was curious — small sharp little letters with no capitals (who did she think she was, e. e. cummings?).”
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“As much as there are intellectual choices to be made and all the rest of it, a great actor has the ability really, to disappear and lose themself in a kind of mystical fashion. My appreciation and fascination with true acting is really all over the book, definitely.”
Source : "Author Rebecca Miller Talks Male Perspective, Piecing Together a Novel, and Fly Sex in Jacob's Folly". Interview with Kayla Tanenbaum, www.glamour.com. March 11, 2013. 
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“This is a fierce bad rabbit; look at his savage whiskers, and his claws and his turned-up tail.”
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“People say you need to be strong, smart, and lucky to survive hard times, war, a natural disaster, or physical torture. But I say emotional abuse—anxiety, fear, guilt, and degradation—is far worse and much harder to survive.”
Source : Lisa See (2010). “Shanghai Girls”, p.35, A&C Black
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“Men impose deception on women and punish them for being deceived, force them down to the lowest level and punish them for falling so low, bind them in marriage and then chastise them with menial service for life, or insults, or blows.”
Source : Nawal El Saadawi (2007). “Woman at Point Zero: Second Edition”, p.94, Zed Books
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“Jam Cruise is actually a comfortable place for me. My jamming skills and my improvisational skills have improved immensely as I've gone more solo, because I've had this opportunity.”
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“You feel very much like a puppet, but it had been what I was accustomed to - so you just get on with it and try to find something that rings true.”
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“As a child I wanted to become an architect.”
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“My grandmother always acted in other people's interests, whether they wanted her to or not. If they'd had an Olympics in martyrdom my grandmother would have lost on purpose.”
