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Gordon Edgley's sudden death came as a shock to everyone - not least himself. One moment he was in his study, seven words into the twenty-fifth sentence of the final chapter of his new book, And the Darkness Rained upon Them, and the next he was dead. A tragic loss, his mind echoed numbly as he slipped away. ↗

— Derek Landy

#first-paragraph #humor #young-adult #death

I realized I didn't want to be a photographer. I gave it up, but I still worked that job in the restaurant and I found myself constantly hanging out in the kitchen. ↗

— Sally Schneider

#found #gave #hanging #i #job

Always point your finger at the chest of the person with whom you are being photographed. You will appear dynamic. And no photo editor can crop you from the picture. ↗

— Ken Auletta

#appear #being #chest #crop #dynamic

Am I in the picture? Am I getting in or out of it? I could be a ghost, an animal or a dead body, not just this girl standing on the corner…? ↗

— Francesca Woodman

#photography #inspirational

If we don't start, it's certain we can't arrive. ↗

— januar

#inspirational-quotes #inspirational

Fact is much more fascinating than fiction. ↗

— Deana J. Driver

#non-fiction-books-inspirational #inspirational

Biographies are best when written chronologically. Boring people don't make for good biographies. ↗

— Deana J. Driver

#non-fiction-books #non-fiction-books-inspirational #writers-on-writing #writing #writing-advice

So, let us be alert - alert in a twofold sense: Since Auschwitz we know what man is capable of. And since Hiroshima we know what is at stake. (Man's Search for Meaning) ↗

— Viktor E Frankl

#inspirational #inspirational

No matter how slow the film, Spirit always stands still long enough for the photographer It has chosen. ↗

— Minor White

#chosen #enough #film #how #long

Photography is without mercy--though it's nonsense to say it does not lie. Rather, it lies in a particular, capricious way which makes beggars of ministers and gods of cat's meat men. ↗

— Nick Harkaway

#photography #men