"To write that essential book, a great writer does not need to invent it but merely to translate it, since it already exists in each one of us. The duty and task of a writer are those of translator."

-- Marcel Proust

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“Enough madness? Enough? And how do you measure madness? - The Joker”
“America is such a nation of suppressed emotion, and when you arrive in L.A., you can smell the fear. It's the most alien country I've ever been to.”

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“Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.”
“I believe life is constantly testing us for our level of commitment, and life's greatest rewards are reserved for those who demonstrate a never-ending commitment to act until they achieve. This level of resolve can move mountains, but it must be constant and consistent. As simplistic as this may sound, it is still the common denominator separating those who live their dreams from those who live in regret.”
“I try to attach myself to things around me so that they don't slip away.”
“American poetry is always about defining oneself individually,claiming one's right to be different and often to break taboos.”
“No sense makes sense.”
“[E]very human life is a reflection of divinity, and... every act of injustice mars and defaces the image of God in man.”

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