What I love is how pissed off Jane Eyre is. She's in a rage for the whole novel and the payoff is she gets to marry this blind guy who's toasted his wife in the attic." -Angela Argo "Blue Angel
Francine ProseYou aim for what you want and if you don't get it, you don't get it, but if you don't aim, you don't get anything.
Francine ProseWhen we humans speak, we are not merely communicating information but attempting to make an impression and achieve a goal.
Francine ProseYou can assume that if a writer's work has survived for centuries, there are reasons why this is so, explanations that have nothing to do with a conspiracy of academics plotting to resuscitate a zombie army of dead white males.
Francine Prose