"When I fell in love it was as though I looked into a mirror for the first time and saw myself."

-- Jeanette Winterson

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“In America the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefits of their inexperience.”
“The life of a character should be an unbroken line of events and emotions, but a play only gives us a few moments on that line - we must create the rest to portray a convincing life.”
“Resistance and nonviolence are not in themselves good. There is another element that must be present in our struggle that then makes our resistance and nonviolence truly meaningful. That element is reconciliation. Our ultimate end must be the creation of the beloved community.”

Source : "Human Hopes: Addresses & Papers on Education, Citizenship, & Social Porblems".
“Hallucinations are an inner experience in which most of the time you forget you're there.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“I want people to react to my work, to think, to question, to challenge, to cry and laugh and feel.”
“I think American drama is at its best when it takes the domestic and makes it epic, like a Greek tragedy in the front room.”
“We can never be quite clear whether we are referring to the world as it is or to the world as we see it.”

Source : Jurgen Ruesch, Gregory Bateson (2006). “Communication: The Social Matrix of Psychiatry”, p.238, Transaction Publishers
“One simple change - seeking and finding peace within - could, if it were undertaken by everyone, end all wars, eliminate conflict and prevent injustice. World peace is a personal thing. What is needed is not a change of circumstance, but a change of consciousness.”

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