"The two things, love and snow, that make the world look fresh again"

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Source : Charles Finch (2014). “The Last Enchantments”, p.184, Macmillan

Charles Finch

#Two Quotes #Snow Quotes #Looks Quotes

“Why are we reading, if not in hope of beauty laid bare, life heightened and its deepest mystery probed?”
“I don't always know what's going to go on in terms of the mood of the story. Sometimes I start with the mood, but sometimes I just try to work toward discovering it. But I do think often there's a mood or unsettling quality, in which the reality of the world seems to be taken away, that I really love, and it's something that I almost always unconsciously move toward.”

Source : "5×5: Brian Evenson". Interview with Hayden Bennett, believermag.com. January 15, 2015.
“Within our lifetime, we can remember a time when Islamism wasn't the dominant form of discourse or the aim should be to minimise the absolutists within any religious community and contain them.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
“A State infinitely worse than that which the most inflamed Zealot, the most violent Republican or Enthusiast even pretended to dread before the Rebellion commenced.”
“Most ISIS members are irreconcilable. Once they've bitten that bug, that cultish bug, they would prefer to die. They're going to be given the opportunity, no one's going to get out alive from Iraq and Syria now. They make sure everyone's a suicide bomber now.”
“I just got out of the hospital. I was in a speed-reading accident. I hit a bookmark.”
“Before change can be managed, it has to be sparked.”
“Technology innovation is starting to explode and having open-source material out there really helps this explosion. You get students and researchers involved and you get people coming through and building start ups based on open source products.”

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