Extorting From Crossword Quotes

#1. Her smile wasn't just a physical thing, a curve of our lips. It was a warmth at the edge of my mind, where I felt her presence with the same assurance I felt out heartbeat. I remember.

Kat Zhang

#2. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, male nurses ride the "glass escalator"; although they are in the minority, they receive higher wages and faster promotions than women in the same jobs.

Alexandra Robbins

#3. NOBODIES HAVE LASTING SIGNIFICANCE

Charles R. Swindoll

#4. Most civilizations had more fiction than they did real history.

Vernor Vinge

#5. I don't think any word can explain a man's life.

Orson Welles

#6. I'm in a very fortunate position, in that if I had an idea, and I could do it on a web budget, I could probably get it made; it's just a question of finding the time to really develop it, because I don't want to make anything that I don't believe in 100 percent.

Felicia Day

#7. I won't just have a job; I'll have a calling. I'll challenge myself every day. When I get knocked down, I'll get back up. I may not be the smartest person in the room, but I'll strive to be the grittiest.

Angela Duckworth

#8. Nature made us ... nature did it all ... not the gods of the religions.

Thomas A. Edison

#9. Procedures. Like "incident," this is another word that covers a broad range of unpleasant things.

Lauren DeStefano