"Murder, arson, adultery, drugging and drinking, cruel politics--reading a book crammed with such activities can make the timid and yearning among us feel like the happiest people in the world."

-- Edith Pearlman

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“I don't have a particular genre that I want to stick to; if you work on a small piece, you take that experience with you when you work on a big piece and vice versa. You will take those experiences with you and they will make the next one richer.”
“What is freedom? Freedom is the right to choose: the right to create for oneself the alternatives of choice. Without the possibility of choice a man is not a man but a member, an instrument, a thing. â€”Archibald MacLeish”
“Had our hearts been pure, we would never tire with the Dhikr of Allaah.”
“But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.”
“When God wants to have mercy on someone, He inspires someone else to pray for him, and He helps in this prayer.”
“Love the sea? I dote upon it--from the beach.”

Source : Douglas William Jerrold, Blanchard Jerrold (1859). “Specimens of Douglas Jerrold's wit: together with selections, chiefly from his contributions to journals, intended to illustrate his opinions”, p.72
“New York City has fantastic restaurants and, unlike London, a lot of the best restaurants are relatively cheap.”

Source : "I lost my heart in ... New York". Interview With Tim Wapshott, www.theguardian.com. August 30, 2003.
“What is undeniable is that when comforts and convenience sap our energies and idealism, inactivity secretes sloth in to our minds like a poison in the blood.”

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