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Charles D'Ambrosio

"I'm kind of a creature of the alt-weekly universe - my real education into higher culture was acquired in coffee shops, reading those papers, digging into that lively mishmash of opinion for drift, a sense of what to see, what to hear, what to read, etc. - and I'd like to think that scene's still vital, although I understand there's been a fair amount of conglomerating, which would seem to undercut its radical roots, its funky local flavor. I'd encourage any writer with an eye for life and an ear for prose to give it a try. You can work out your chops just fine in newsprint."

Source : "Loitering: A Conversation with Essayist and Author Charles D'Ambrosio". Interview With Chris Schluep, www.amazonbookreview.com. February 3, 2016.

Charles D'Ambrosio

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“I really want to be able to keep going and I realize that in some aspects I've got to treat myself like an athlete.”
“immigration today is a racial issue. It is one which sees masses of non-whites from around the globe immigrating to white countries.”

Source : Arthur Kemp (2008). “The Immigration Invasion: How Third World Immigration is Destroying the First World -- and what Must be Done to Stop it”, p.1, Lulu.com
“I am free when I am functioning here in time and space as the creative will. ... freedom by our definition is obedience to the law of one's nature.”
“That's stupid." "That's people.”
“Love is the motivating principle by which the Lord leads us along the way towards becoming like Him, our perfect example. Our way of life, hour by hour, must be filled with the love of God and love for others.”
“We all know well that we can do things for others and in the process crush them, making them feel that they are incapable of doing things by themselves. To love someone is to reveal to them their capacities for life, the light that is shining in them.”
“The fight for reform comes down to a simple goal: giving our citizens the confidence that government serves the people first and the people only.”
“The dream is a little hidden door in the innermost and most secret recesses of the soul, opening into that cosmic night which was psyche long before there was any ego-consciousness, and which will remain psyche no matter how far our ego-consciousness extends.”

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