"Because for me to go fully experimental, it would turn into an artist book actually. And I'm not opposed to that. But I wanted to toy with the conventions of traditional narrative and sometimes to do that all the way, you have to actually utilize traditional narrative, I think - or it's one way to do it."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Porochista Khakpour

#Book Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Artist Quotes

“Christ's indwelling presence has freed us from exclusive orientation toward ourselves and opened us up in two directions: toward God, to receive the good things in faith, and toward our neighbor, to pass them on in love.”

Source : Miroslav Volf (2009). “Free of Charge”, p.52, Zondervan
“It's a whole other way of working when you work in films: You know exactly the arc of your character.”
“A man is what he is and no fancy lodgings or fine clothes will change that (Daniel Brennan)”
“I am only a sparrow amongst a great flock of sparrows.”
“Sap which mounts, and flowers which thrust, Your childhood is a bower: Let my fingers wander in the moss Where glows the rosebud Let me among the clean grasses Drink the drops of dew Which sprinkle the tender flower”

Source : Paul Verlaine (1948). “Forty Poems”
“Aragorn: Gentlemen! We do not stop 'til nightfall. Pippin: But what about breakfast? Aragorn: You've already had it. Pippin: We've had one, yes. But what about second breakfast? [Aragorn stares at him, then walks off.] Merry: Don't think he knows about second breakfast, Pip. Pippin: What about elevensies? Luncheon? Afternoon tea? Dinner? Supper? He knows about them, doesn't he? Merry: I wouldn't count on it Pip.”
“As a scientist leading a funding agency for autism research, I think of autism as a neurodevelopmental disorder.”
“Here's the thing about luck...you don't know if it's good or bad until you have some perspective.”

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