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Awake. Love. Think. Speak. Be walking trees. Be talking beasts. Be divine waters.
A pipe gives a wise man time to think and a fool something to stick in his mouth.
If ever they remembered their life in this world it was as one remembers a dream.
All that are in Hell, choose it. Without that self-choice there could be no Hell.
The process of growing up is to be valued for what we gain, not for what we lose.
There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it.
Culture consists of connections, not of separations: to specialize is to isolate.
My system for staying young is to work a lot, to always have a project on the go.
Poetry is written with tears, fiction with blood, and history with invisible ink.
Stop and take your time to notice things and make those things you notice matter.
The tenure of a literary reputation is the most uncertain and fluctuating of all.
A depressing and difficult passage has prefaced every page I have turned in life.
Of late years an abundant shower of curates has fallen upon the North of England.
A man who lived on the banks of the Niger should not wash his hands with spittle.
No daughter and mother ever live apart, no matter what the distance between them.
An owl is the wisest of all birds because the more it sees the the less it talks.
Radiation is relentless: my protocol is five days a week, 33 sessions altogether.
Yes, terrible things happen, but sometimes those terrible things - they save you.
Isn't a kid alive who doesn't dream about rewarding her folks, or punishing them.
Until you find something to fight for, you settle for something to fight against.
Torture is torture and humiliation is humiliation only when you choose to suffer.
Everyone has something wrong. And for a while, her heart just sort of flat lined.
Some people are just born human, the rest of us, we take a lifetime to get there.
We have pain and hate and love and joy and war in the world because we want them.
There is no greater unknown than the sea and no greater mystery than a lost ship.
I like to know how I'm supposed to feel about things. Just a little clue or hint.
The world to come must be composed of what is past. No other material is at hand.
I think there is some overlap in terms of artistic desires and Christian desires.
Sex is just another form of talk, where you act the words instead of saying them.
Sentimentalism is the working off on yourself of feelings you haven't really got.
But better die than live mechanically a life that is a repetition of repetitions.
She herself had never been able to be altogether herself: it had been denied her.
Build then the ship of death, for you must take the longest journey, to oblivion.
I'm surprisingly practical in much of my life, but not when it comes to my shoes.
I'm a human rights person. I don't think people should be unfair to men or women.
Today might not be so good. But tomorrow, you got another chance to get it right.
You haven't yet seen me be rude. When I am it's unmistakable. - Michelle Maxwell.
If you bill something as a memoir, you're implying that everything in it is true.
As a writer, I'm always aware of the fact that there are so many books out there.
It did what all ads are supposed to do: create an anxiety relievable by purchase.
I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.
When things mean a very great deal to you, exciting anticipation just isn't safe.
I hate to sound clichéd, but I do see life as a journey. How else can you see it?
Advice to young writers? Always the same advice: learn to trust our own judgment.
Charity has always been a expression of the guilty consciences of a ruling class.
Handmade presents are scary because they reveal that you have too much free time.
I don't think anyone ever gets over anything in life; they merely get used to it.
How can I be a part of the 1960s generation when I don't even remember any of it?
Destiny is what we work toward. The future doesn't exist yet. Fate is for losers!
In the future, torture will once again become the recreational sport of the rich.