Laurie White:  

Laurie is from Dalton, Georgia. Laurie's schools include Dalton High School. Laurie's interests include Education, Film, Prose. Music Laurie likes includes In Christ Alone, Joni Mitchell, Nanci Griffith. Books Laurie likes include Half the Sky, Ender's Game Series by Orson S. Card, Dune. Movies Laurie likes include All movies from Jane Austen books, District 9, You've Got Mail. TV shows Laurie likes include Doc Martin, From Larkrise to Candleford, Lost. One of Laurie's favorite quotes is:"I find your lack of faith disturbing. ~Darth Vader Everywhere I go, I'm asked if I think the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher. Flannery O'Connor "Let me tell you about gods," said Wiggin. "No matter how smart or strong you are, there's always somebody smarter or stronger, and when you run into somebody who's stronger and smarter than anybody, you think, this is a god. This is perfection. But I can promise you that there's somebody else somewhere else who'll make your god look like a maggot by comparison. And somebody smarter or stronger or better in some way. So let me tell you what I think about gods. I think a real god is not going to be so scared or angry that he tries to keep other people down-- [People like that] want to stay in control. A real god doesn't care about control. A real god already has control of everything that needs controlling. Real gods would want to teach you how to be just like them." ~from Xenocide (Ender’s Game series), Orson Scott Card Shin...Expand for more