Marie Cornelie Falcon, who lost her voice while performing - singing the line 'Je suis pret' - 'I am ready.' How much more tragic can you get? Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes cornelie falcon line
My mother's family has been in Maine for over 300 years on the same farm. They have a King George III deed. Alexander Chee deedfamilyfarm Change image and share on social
I sat down to try to write 'Edinburgh,' an autobiographical novel, and that took five years to write and two years to sell. Alexander Chee autobiographicaledinburghsell Change image and share on social
My literary heroes were mostly women writers and thinkers - Joy Williams, Joan Didion, Anne Sexton, June Jordan, Sarah Schulman, Audre Lorde, Cherrie Moraga, Christa Wolf - and much of this writing was political as well as literary. Alexander Chee anneaudrecherrie share on social
I'm facing Niagara Falls - the wind and the mist and the dark and the peregrine falcons - and I'm going to stay focused on the other side. Nik Wallenda darkfacefalcon Change image and share on social
Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan. Jeffrey Wright culturedirtyfan Change image and share on social