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Quote by Jonathan Evison

“It's not easy getting old, you know. Things become a lot less clear.”

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Jonathan Evison is an American writer born in 1968. His works are known for their humor and insightful social commentary, primarily focusing on contemporary American culture and societal issues. more

“If I walk into a place, a party, say, and there's a bookshelf, I immediately gravitate toward it. Unless there's a bar. But even then, it's only a matter of a few rounds before I make my way to the bookshelf. If there are good books on it, I may never leave the spot all night. Anybody I really want to talk to is going to make his or her way to that bookshelf sooner or later, anyway, right? Books are a nexus. They start conversations, and they continue conversations, and they make people better conversationalists. I have not found this to be the case with Iron Chef, or even alcohol.”

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Author:Jonathan Evison

“My neediness is not a hole to be filled but something beneath the skin scratching to get out.”

Skins Filled Holes Neediness

Book:The Fundamentals of Caring

Source: The Fundamentals of Caring

“Even if you're only wearing trainers and a vest, eyeliner will instantly transform you. People always look put-together when their make-up's on and their eyes are popping - just ask Amy Winehouse!”

People Ifs Looks Eye Together Asks Trainers Amy Popping Vests Eyeliner

Author:Beth Ditto

“The Mathematician's Shiva is a brilliant and compelling family saga full of warmth, pathos, history, and humor, not to mention a cast of delightfully quirky characters, and a math lesson or two; all together, a winning equation! When Rojstaczer writes about mathematics, you'd think he was writing about poetry.”

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Author:Jonathan Evison

“Fobbit is fast, razor sharp, and seven kinds of hilarious. Thank you, Mr. Abrams, for the much needed salve--it feels good to finally laugh about Iraq. Fobbit deserves a place alongside Slaughterhouse Five and Catch-22 as one of our great comic novels about the absurdity of war.”

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Author:Jonathan Evison

“Television characters live inside our minds as though they're actual people. In fact, we know more about them than we do about most people in our physical lives.”

People Knows Mind Character Facts Television

Author:Neal Pollack

“The enemy of feminism isn’t men. It’s patriarchy, and patriarchy is not men. It is a system, and women can support the system of patriarchy just as men can support the fight for gender equality.”

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Author:Justine Musk

“To get at the truth of your calling, you have to crack open that false self and see what lies within.”

Self Lying Calling Cracks

Author:Justine Musk

“Reading is the inhale, writing is the exhale.”

Writing Reading Inhale

Author:Justine Musk

“I also believe that writing becomes worthwhile and vitalized only through a full and exciting life.”

Writing Believe Exciting Worthwhile Exciting Life

Author:Esther Forbes

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