"I have no more to say except this: We must live with our own conscience."

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Source : Ernest J. Gaines (2015). “A Lesson Before Dying”, p.15, Serpent's Tail

Ernest Gaines

#Conscience Quotes

“We are a studying nation. Scholarship from science is important to the whole world and those people need to be able to be safe and secure in what they do.”

Source : "Frontier Freedom: An Interview with Malcolm Wallop". Interview with Rick Henderson, William H. Mellor , Ill, reason.com. November 1995.
“Because my love for you is beyond words, I decided to shut up.”
“Poets are the hierophants of an unapprehended inspiration; the mirrors of the gigantic shadows which futurity casts upon the present.”
“I am often late for planes. The airlines know me now, they call at home and ask, 'How much later will you be today?”
“A great man may commence life in a hovel.”
“As a writer, I could write in Canada and still get the American benefits. But I wanted to come down here for the good weather and for the parties, I want to be social too. Being in LA is really great for that, for just running out and grabbing coffee with another writer. I couldn't do that in Canada. I love Los Angeles, and I love New York too; I just couldn't raise three kids there.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love.”
“Pamalican Island is a wonderful story told with the sparkle of fun and a true understanding of the magic of childhood. A magical journey for any child who dreams of desert islands.”

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