Block Quotes

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...frequent streets and short blocks are valuable because of the fabric of intricate cross-use that they permit among the users of a city neighbouhood. — Jane Jacobs
And I realized as I walked through the neighborhood how each house could contain a completely different reality. In a single block, there could be… — Janet Fitch
There's no such thing as writer's block. That was invented by people in California who couldn't write. — Terry Pratchett
And whatâ€™s important to you?â€ I asked. Marshal thought while we maneuvered around Darth Vader, who was struggling to keep from hitting the wall with… — Kim Harrison
You can live with me in this house I've built out of writers blocks. — Pete Wentz
He also tried to block the doorway when she left him. My mother ducked under his arm, ran to her car, and drove away. I… — Sloane Crosley
Katniss," Gale says softly. I recognize that voice. It's the same one he uses to approach wounded animals before he delivers a deathblow. I Instinctively… — Suzanne Collins
That's what makes best friends. It's not whether or not you live on the same block or go to the same school, but how you… — Jacqueline Woodson
Chicken,' Josie said. 'Have you ever been in love?' Peter looked at Josie, and thought of how they had once tied a note with their… — Jodi Picoult
I remembered Owen telling me how music had saved him in Phoenix, that it drowned everything out, and it was the same for me now.… — Sarah Dessen
Life always holds in store surprises that are more complex and unforeseeable than any dream, and the secret is to let them come and not… — Ãlvaro Mutis
There is no such thing as writer's block for writers whose standards are low enough. — William Stafford
Cure for writer's block: blow something up(in the story) — Scott Westerfeld
Will you look at us by the river! The whole restless mob of us on spread blankets in the dreamy briny sunshine skylarking and chiacking… — Tim Winton
I don't want any funny business, and above all I don't want to be dragged into other people's funny business. If it's to be my… — Hans Fallada
Transformation is my favorite game and in my experience, anger and frustration are the result of you not being authentic somewhere in your life or… — Jason Mraz
When Henry Ford decided to produce his famous V-8 motor, he chose to build an engine with the entire eight cylinders cast in one block,… — Henry Ford
We're in the Chicago suburbs, ruling our 'hood and the streets that lead here. It's a street war, where other suburban gangs fight us for… — Simone Elkeles
Make up your mind to this. If you are different, you are isolated, not only from people of your own age but from those of… — Margaret Mitchell
But what he didn't understand was that this dreamland was preferable,walking through this life half-sleeping,everything at arm's length or farther away. I understood those mermaids.I… — Sarah Dessen

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