"The duality of St Petersburg and Leningrad remains. They are not even on speaking terms."

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Source : Joseph Wechsberg (1977). “In Leningrad”, Doubleday Books

Joseph Wechsberg

#Leningrad Quotes #Duality Quotes #Term Quotes

“Prayer is the mighty engine that is to move the missionary work.”
“We have three billion people, half the world's population today, living on less than two dollars a day.”

Source : PBS Interview, www.pbs.org. April 23, 2001.
“When he moves, a streetlight stabs him, and the words flow out like blood.”
“But every one belongs to every one else”
“I was kind of a little redneck growing up, living on a farm, and running around in the country. I developed hillbilly tendencies, but I wanted to listen to something a little more meaningful than "Redneck Woman" or whatever.”
“There isn't a definite right and wrong anyway. Sometimes we do what seems wrong, but we have good reasons for doing it, so it's not wrong after all.”

Source : Carolyn Mackler (2011). “Vegan Virgin Valentine”, p.135, Candlewick Press
“I had started out with the intent to make a love story and something not so grave or so dark.So I went into this saying, "I want to do a love story, not to be seen with rose-colored glasses, but not as heavy." As it turned out, it surprised me the place where it led actually was something so painful. I identified so much with them that I experienced a lot of that suffering as well.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”

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