"The Pulitzer Prize is an idea; it's a vote of confidence. Like literature, it exists purely in the mind."

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Jeffrey Eugenides

#Ideas Quotes #Mind Quotes #Literature Quotes

“I remember the very thing that I do not wish to; I cannot forget the things I wish to forget.”
“Time is the sea in which men grow, are born, or die.”
“Fiction intended to please, should resemble truth as much as possible.”
“I think I am staying in Toronto. It keeps me grounded and I can be with my family and friends.”
“I'm an inexperienced reporter, and I'm still learning.”
“If I had to guess and put a name on it, I'd say that at some point, the drug war was as much a function of class and social control as it was of racism.”
“An amazing invention - but who would ever want to use one?”

Source : "Obama Energy Policy Speech: President Dismisses Republican Critics On Oil Drilling". www.huffingtonpost.com. March 15, 2012.
“Each one of us must ask how we contribute to the racist climate that seems only to grow stronger in spite of our best efforts at legislative and social remedies. Whether we are victims of racism or its perpetrators, we must begin on our knees.”

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