"Sometimes, she reflected, she dressed for courage, sometimes for success, and sometimes for the consolation of knowing that whatever else went wrong, at least she liked her clothes."

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Source : Emma Bull (2004). “War for the Oaks: A Novel”, p.43, Macmillan

Emma Bull

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“I do love the challenge of screenplays. They're so difficult, such an alien form. It makes them endlessly fascinating. Something I can't keep my fingers out of.”

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“Do not let me hear Of the wisdom of old men, but rather of their folly, Their fear of fear and frenzy, their fear of possession, Of belonging to another, or to others, or to God. The only wisdom we can hope to acquire Is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.”
“"Secret migration" across borders is a form of human degradation and evidence of the depravity of the human conscience.”
“A writer cannot put himself today in service of those who make history; he is at the service of those who suffer it.”
“It is a fact, however, that there is no rest for the wicked.”
“When there is no place that you have decided to call your own, then no matter where you go, you are always heading home.”
“When you aren't satisfied with what has already been done, make something better. That is the greatest responsibility and the true freedom of creativity. The freedom is in that it doesn't need to complain.”
“I still have nightmares of dead comrades, a long time ago, talking to me. 'Emmanuel, don't forget about us, don't give up, keep telling our story.'”

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