"With my writing, I generally just pretend that no one's reading it. I allow myself that delusion so that I can write the things that I write."

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Source : "Roxane Gay Will Make You Proud to Be a Bad Feminist". Interview with Hannah Levintova, www.motherjones.com. July 24, 2014.

Roxane Gay

#Reading Quotes #Writing Quotes #Delusion Quotes

“What's invisible to us is also crucial for our own well-being.”
“Now I am short on some props, and there isn't nearly enough time in one night to run through all the ways I've fantasized about taking you, but I promise you this..." His voice deepened, "You'll be scandalized in the morning when you can think again.”
“For every laugh, there should be a tear.”
“It’s okay if no one believes like you, all experience is unique, no one has the same synapses, can’t think like you, for this be relieved, keeps things interesting, life’s magic things in reach, and it doesn’t mean you aren’t connected, and the community is not present, just take the perspective you get from being one person in one head and feel the effects of it.”
“Made in the perfect image of a perfect relationship, we are relational to the core of our beings and filled with a desire for transcendent purpose. We long to be an irreplaceable part of a shared adventure.”

Source : John Eldredge, Stasi Eldredge (2011). “Captivating Revised and Updated: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul”, p.15, Thomas Nelson Inc
“From Greenland's icy mountains, From India's coral strand, Where Afric's sunny fountains Roll down their golden sand; From many an ancient river, From many a palmy plain, They call us to deliver Their land from error's chain.”

Source : Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans, Reginald Heber (1834). “The Poetical Works of Hemans, Heber and Pollok: Complete in One Volume”, p.26
“The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens.”
“It's ok to FAIL it's not ok to Quit”

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