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		Gaston was not only a fierce lover, with endless wisdom and imagination, but he was also, perhaps, the first man in the history of the species who had made an emergency landing and had come close to killing himself and his sweetheart simply to make love in a field of violets.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gabriel Garcia Marquez 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Candace Camp 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think that all things, in their way, reflect heavenly truth, the imagination not least. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				C. S. Lewis 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		One of the biggest mistakes people make is to think that what you need to write a novel is imagination, creativity and a facility with words. Yes, you need all those things, but a novel is a highly complex organism that needs to be dealt with in quite a logical manner. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kate Forsyth 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The history of philosophy is not, like the history of the sciences, to be studied with the intellect alone. That which is receptive in us and that which impinges upon us from history is the reality of man's being, unfolding itself in thought. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Karl Jaspers 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I'm a light sleeper. I've never been one of those people who can put their head down and suddenly everything disappears. Nighttime is the time I get most scared, anxious or worried. In those darker moments before waking or sleeping is when I feel most, I don't know, I can turn on myself, and my imagination can take me dark places. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Florence Welch 
			 
			
				Florence and the Machine  
			
			
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		All through history, a nation or a civilization's enduring glory is articulated by its mega constructions - the pyramids, the lofty cathedrals of the Christian world. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				F. Sionil Jose 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
		
	
	
	
	
		My son, O'Shea. He looks like me, and he can rhyme. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Ice Cube 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I believe that being successful means having a balance of success stories across the many areas of your life. You can't truly be considered successful in your business life if your home life is in shambles. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Zig Ziglar 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I didn't used to do shows, because I used to be so shy. We'd perform, and I'd be at the back, thinking of another song. I was so shy, I ain't never getting in front of the camera; I would never get on stage. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Young Thug 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The Chavez-Obama pictures will join a postmodern photo array that includes Donald Rumsfeld gifting Saddam Hussein with spurs from President Reagan. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Christine Pelosi 
			 
		 
	
	
	 
	
	
	
	
		Gaston was not only a fierce lover, with endless wisdom and imagination, but he was also, perhaps, the first man in the history of the species who had made an emergency landing and had come close to killing himself and his sweetheart simply to make love in a field of violets. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Gabriel Garcia Marquez