"The history of a city was like the history of a familyâ€”there is closeness and even affection, but death eventually separates everyone from each other. It is only the vividness of memory that keeps the dead alive forever; a writerâ€™s job is to imagine everything so personally that the fiction is as vivid as our personal memories."

-- John Irving

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“That a viewer does not see what the artist intended does not make the composition a failure... In reality all artists speak first to themselves and then to an audience.”
“As Popa penetrates deeper into his life, with book after book, it begins to look like a Universe passing through a Universe. It is one of the most exciting things in modern poetry, to watch this journey being made.”
“In the US and Europe over the last year we've been focused on the prices of gasoline at the pump. While many worry about filling their gas tanks, many others around the world are struggling to fill their stomachs. And it's getting more and more difficult every day.”
“think that texting and driving is a 100 percent no-go. I think it should be banned everywhere because you cannot be focused on looking ahead, in the mirrors, being aware of what's around you, and to type on a small keyboard and a small screen.”
“It doesn't seem that long ago to me that the word 'irreverent' seemed affixed to my name. 'Irreverent newcomer.' I went from irreverent to venerable in what seems to me like the blink of an eye.”
“Your mind is right now filled with old thoughts. Not only old thoughts, but mostly someone elseâ€™s old thoughts. Itâ€™s important now, itâ€™s time now, to change your mind about some things. This is what evolution is all about.”
“Sometimes my colleagues joke and call me Hannah.”
“I try to look at the texts and say: Is there a way that I can find history in the texts and separate it from what may be the mythological elements, and I don't find any rules for that.”

Source : Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org

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