By its very nature, the novel indicates that we are becoming. There is no final solution. There is no last word. |
Human kind will prevail. And it will prevail because, in spite of the reaction of history, novels tell that art restores right in us that was disregarded by history. History is being what was, then literature offers what history has not always been, |
I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them. |
I wrote it to show that not all mother-in-laws are bad. |
If the Soviet Union can give up the Brezhnev Doctrine for the Sinatra Doctrine, the United States can give up the James Monroe Doctrine for the Marilyn Monroe Doctrine: Let's all go to bed wearing the perfume we like best. |
It was close to being ready around Christmas break. Then we started looking for the first big invitational to throw it, but we always had to look at the team score. It was hard to fit it in at the right time. |
It was pretty impressive to score that high without our top individual. The rest of the girls really came through. I'm proud of them. |
Kara's been kind of hovering between varsity and JV all four years. She was disappointed that she fell on beam, but I told her we didn't need her on beam. We needed her on bars. |
Perfect order is the forerunner of perfect horror. |
Religion is dogmatic. Politic is ideological. Reason must be logical, but literature has a privilege of being equivocal, |
She did everything she could to be at state. |
She was a little tender. She's always had problems with her last pass. We changed her first pass around because she had too much power. |
She's just a dynamic performer. She was unsure if she could still do gymnastics like she used to. This year, I think she's started believing that she can. |
They were determined. I tell them that beam, more than anything, is just mental. It's just a matter of executing. |
This kid, in club, competed a triple full. She has room to grow. It's exciting to see. She's just hit the tip of the iceberg. She's highly motivated and she has no fear when she does high-level skills. |