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I think it would be a shame for any writer to let their publishers in any way corral them into a single genre.


Emma Donoghue

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If not now, when?
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The wretched refus...
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EMMA GOLDMAN Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name!
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EMMA GOLDMAN When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favour.
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EMMA ISHTA I'd rather have roses on my table than diamonds on my neck.
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EMMA GOLDMAN When we can't dream any longer we die.
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EMMA GOLDMAN If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution.
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EMMA THOMPSON Puritanism, in whatever expression, is a poisonous germ. On the surface everything may look strong a...
EMMA GOLDMAN I'm very romantic and of course I want to be in love.
EMMA WATSON My idea of sexy is that less is more. The less you reveal the more people can wonder.
EMMA WATSON Idealists foolish enough to throw caution to the winds have advanced mankind and have enriched the w...
EMMA GOLDMAN Just because I don't have a college degree doesn't mean I am not smart!
EMMA STONE It sounds like a cliche but I also learnt that you're not going to fall for the right person unt...
EMMA WATSON You don't realize how hard it is to live on your own. But there's no mom to do your laundry,...
EMMA ROBERTS I have had no control over my life. I have lived in a complete bubble. They found me and picked me f...
EMMA WATSON I try to avoid wearing black because sometimes it's the easy option. But I'm young, so it...
EMMA WATSON I dance a lot and I run and do yoga and play field hockey and tennis. I like to be active. I don'...
EMMA WATSON If anyone else played Hermione, it would actually kill me.
EMMA WATSON I don't want other people to decide who I am. I want to decide that for myself. I want to avoid ...
EMMA WATSON I have to really enjoy the good things because it makes the bad things OK.
EMMA WATSON It's almost like the better I do, the more my feeling of inadequacy actually increases, because ...
EMMA WATSON I've always been like that; I give 100 percent. I can't do it any other way.
EMMA WATSON I just try and surround myself, for the biggest proportion of time that I can, with people who make ...
EMMA WATSON I feel like a voodoo doll. It's grim. It's gross.
EMMA WATSON I don't think my dad really knew what to do with me, as a daughter. He treated me like a boy; my...
EMMA WATSON I could never really imagine myself doing one thing, and I'm pretty sure that I'll end up do...
EMMA WATSON I want to be a Renaissance woman. I want to paint, and I want to write, and I want to act, and I wan...
EMMA WATSON I like men with quick wit, good conversation and a great sense of humour. I love banter. I want a ma...
EMMA WATSON I'm a perfectionist, so my bossiness definitely comes out.
EMMA WATSON I'm going to do what I want to do. I'm going to be who I really am. I'm going to figure ...
EMMA WATSON I've probably earned the right to screw up a few times. I don't want the fear of failure to ...
EMMA WATSON It sounds so geeky, but I really do like studying and reading, and if I'm not working on 'Ha...
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