"People think that I only write about homosexuality, but that's not true."

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Source : "No one is capable of freeing oneself from society". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. October 7, 2014.

Abdellah Taia

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“When a man does all he can, though it succeeds not well, blame not him that did it.”
“People were referring to me as the new Anita Bryant. Anita would get a little jealous.”
“Bees blew like cake-crumbs through the golden air, white butterflies like sugared wafers, and when it wasn't raining a diamond dust took over which veiled and yet magnified all things”

Source : Laurie Lee (1959). “The edge of day: a boyhood in the west of England”
“My heart certainly goes out to a lot of the - you know, the people who are going to lose their jobs.”
“After all those years in Asia, I don't have to do promotion anymore. We just release a Jackie Chan movie and - Boom! - people go.”
“If your blood is formed from eating the foods I teach [fruits and green-leaf vegetables] your soul will shout for joy and triumph over all misery of life. For the first time you will feel a vibration of vitality through your body (like a slight electric current) that shakes you delightfully.”
“The world cannot afford to lose the talents of half it's people if we are to solve the many problems that beset us.”
“To get enough to eat was regarded as an achievement. To get drunk was a victory.”

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