"Magical realism as a declaration in the text is usually when someone can't speak and then they must be magically reinvigorated in some way."

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Fred D'Aguiar

#Way Quotes #Speak Quotes #Realism Quotes

“I go to movies and concerts and stuff - that's why I think all my money would be gone if I weren't working because I just keep spending it, on that, and CDs, and I don't know.”
“I am from a city (Glasgow) that is not unlike Liverpool. I am joining the people's football club. The majority of people you meet on the street are Everton fans. It is a fantastic opportunity, something you dream about. I said 'yes' right away as it is such a big club.”
“Donâ€™t misuse the pencil and donâ€™t torment the paper.”
“If this "critical openminded attitude" ... is wanted, the question at once arises, Is it science that should be studied in order to achieve it? Why not study law? A judge has to do everything that a scientist is exhorted to do in the way of withholding judgment until all the facts are in, and then judging impartially on the merits of the case as well as he can. ... Why not a course in Sherlock Holmes? The detectives, or at least the detective-story writers, join with the scientists in excoriating "dogmatic prejudice, lying, falsification of facts, and data, and willful fallacious reasoning."”
“I'm not a pacifist. I do believe that, unfortunately, war is necessary.”
“Only the BLACK WOMAN can say 'when and where I enter, in the quiet, undisputed dignity of my womanhood, without violence and without suing or special patronage, then and there the whole Negro race enters with me.'”

Source : A Voice from the South pt. 1 (1892)
“Justin Broadrick has stated that the drum machine sound was heavily influenced by hip hop artists in the late 80s, particularly the beat on â€œChristbait Risingâ€ which Broadrick was quoted as saying, â€œIt was my attempt at copying the rhythm sample on 'Microphone Fiend' by Eric B & Rakimâ€.”
“Why does nothing change, even when you set out for a faraway place?”

Source : Young-ha Kim (2007). “I Have the Right to Destroy Myself”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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