Reflection : (507)

" If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble. " - Elbert Hubbard

" In my work as a historian and in my relationships as a friend, teacher, wife, and mother, I have come to think that the most useful way to understand the past and make it work for you is to look at the trade-offs and contradictions that, however deeply buried, can be uncovered in every memory, good or bad. " - Stephanie Coontz

" I feel Kavya is a reflection of me in more ways than one. She is strong-willed yet vulnerable. She is ambitious yet she believes in family values. She stands for what is right and knows when something is wrong. " - Madalsa Sharma

" Sometimes with my children, I remember exactly how I felt as the child in this situation, not just how it feels to be me. " - Meryl Streep

" When someone important to you, someone that’s played a big role in your life, when they’re gone… When you write about them or pay tribute to them, you want to do it in a way that’s thoughtful. " - Mark Kozelek

" Ryan is my bridge to the past, to memories that lose some of their sting when he recounts them. " - Tatum O'Neal

" We’re kind of wishing some parents would come back. And of course we’re uneasy about the fact that we wish they’d come back – I mean, what’s wrong with us? " - David Foster Wallace

" In prose, leaps of logic can be made while the protagonist thinks about things and arrives at conclusions. Even with voiceover, there’s no real way of having an inner voice without it taking over the entire story. " - Denise Mina

" I recall waking to the realisation that I was the best table tennis player under 17 in north Manchester and parts of Bury. The satisfaction lasted for half an hour before I saw into the nothingness of things. " - Howard Jacobson

" I write songs for myself, but I never keep them. I’m like, ‘O.K., that was my therapy – it’s out of my body now. I’m going to give it to somebody else so it can be their therapy, too.’ " - Julia Michaels