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In Rome, Matt had told her, ‘I knew that if I kept up my playing, we would have a baby.’ That was what music represented to him now: a bargain he had sought with fate. In a less anaemic age, he would have sacrificed virgins or immaculate lambs.


Michelle de Kretser

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MICHELLE PAVER I was a massive fan of 'Twin Peaks.' Massive. I don't know how any of us grew up in this...
MICHELLE FORBES With each book, you get better as a writer. There is no back door to the industry. Read in the genre...
MICHELLE MORAN Being president isn't anything like reality TV. It's not about sending insulting tweets or m...
MICHELLE OBAMA My experiences at Princeton have made me far more aware of my 'blackness' than ever before. ...
MICHELLE OBAMA Writers can take offense when someone asks what's real or autobiographical in our work because, ...
MICHELLE HUNEVEN It's like, remember who you always were, where you came from, who your parents were, how they ra...
MICHELLE OBAMA For me, education has never been simply a policy issue - it's personal. Neither of my parents an...
MICHELLE OBAMA One of the lessons that I grew up with was to always stay true to yourself and never let what somebo...
MICHELLE OBAMA 9/11 was a deliberate, carefully planned evil act of the long-waged war on the West by Koran-inspire...
MICHELLE MALKIN My dad and I had been close - he called me Tuyet Bang, Vietnamese for 'avalanche,' because o...
MICHELLE PHAN As a mom, I know it is my responsibility, and no one else's, to raise my kids. But we have to as...
MICHELLE OBAMA Whatever happens, I'll just keep moving forward. Like an avalanche.
MICHELLE PHAN I think the thing that I admire about Rick Santorum is that he hasn't backed down or apologized ...
MICHELLE MALKIN I say this everywhere I go: I admire and respect Hillary. She has been a lawyer, a law professor, Fi...
MICHELLE OBAMA As a young girl, I loved having stories read to me. There is something magical about narration and v...
MICHELLE PHAN It's the little details I love. How to fletch your arrows with owl feathers, because owls fly si...
MICHELLE PAVER Why do so many children love the idea of being snowed in or shipwrecked, of having to survive on one...
MICHELLE PAVER In artillery exercises, women always win because they're more accurate.
MICHELLE BACHELET We need to do a better job of putting ourselves higher on our own 'to do' list.
MICHELLE OBAMA Women in particular need to keep an eye on their physical and mental health, because if we're sc...
MICHELLE OBAMA I wish every American had an opportunity to sit down, to go to a base, to meet with families, to mee...
MICHELLE OBAMA When I'm having a bad day, I pick up my guitar.
MICHELLE BRANCH Talent and effort, combined with our various backgrounds and life experiences, has always been the l...
MICHELLE OBAMA See, that's why Barack's running: to end the war in Iraq responsibly - to build an economy t...
MICHELLE OBAMA And Barack and I were raised with so many of the same values, like you work hard for what you want i...
MICHELLE OBAMA Hillary doesn't play. She has more experience and exposure to the presidency than any candidate ...
MICHELLE OBAMA Barack knows the American Dream because he's lived it, and he wants everyone in this country to ...
MICHELLE OBAMA If you were ever a ballerina, you know the pain: just to be able to look like it's all so light,...
MICHELLE YEOH If you aren't creeped out by the No Birth Control Left Behind rhetoric of the White House and Pl...
MICHELLE MALKIN I have a very eclectic iPod. So I've got my cardio people - so it's anything from Beyonce to...
MICHELLE OBAMA My mother would work 14 hours, and she'd come home, and she'd just get right into cooking......
MICHELLE PHAN Part of having a social media strategy is being smart about whom you follow. Ask yourself who is imp...
MICHELLE PHAN I never cut class. I loved getting A's, I liked being smart. I liked being on time. I thought be...
MICHELLE OBAMA When a father puts in long hours at work, he's praised for being dedicated and ambitious. But wh...
MICHELLE OBAMA I'm not lonely, and I think that has a lot to do with what's on my bedside table rather than...
MICHELLE WILLIAMS You want me as much as I want you. And all I want is you."
My tongue warred with my mind. "Toda...
MICHELLE HODKIN What would you do if I kissed you right now?"
I stared at his beautiful face and his beautiful ...
MICHELLE HODKIN You know how it is in L.A. At times, it's a dog-eat-dog world. There's a lot of sharks. I th...
MICHELLE PHAN