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“The only journey of knowledge is from the depth of one being to the heart of another.”
Source : Norman Mailer (2013). “An American Dream: A Novel”, p.17, Random House
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“You look like an angel, walk like an angel, talk like an angel. But I got wise, you're the devil in disguise.”
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“The silencing of the Haitian Revolution is only a chapter within a narrative of global domination. It is part of the history of the West and it is likely to persist, even in attenuated form, as long as the history of the West is not retold in ways that bring forward the perspective of the world.”
Source : Michel-Rolph Trouillot (2015). “Silencing the Past (20th anniversary edition): Power and the Production of History”, p.73, Beacon Press
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“The typewriter separated me from a deeper intimacy with poetry, and my hand brought me closer to that intimacy again.”
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“They lifted their faces to the astonishing warmth. The sky arched over them, a pale, clear blue. Lina felt as though a lid that had been on her all her life had been lifted off. Light and air rushed though her, making a song, like the songs of Ember, only it was a song of joy. She looked at Doon and saw that he was smiling and crying at the same time, and she realized that she was, too.”
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“It is ironic that many Filipinos learn to love the Philippines while abroad, not at home.”
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“As he thought of it, though, he could not imagine what “just living†might actually be. He had never done it in his life. But he wanted to do it anyway.”
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“Rick Perry was philosophical about (his election losses). He said, 'Last week was Iowa. Yesterday was New Hampshire. ' He said at least it's giving him a chance to learn the names of all the states.”
