"Writing is the thing that sustains me and keeps me going. It is a form of self-preservation for me."

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Source : Source: quod.lib.umich.edu

Bei Dao

#Writing Quotes #Self Quotes #Form Quotes

“A big part of what I wanted to do with this character was go from when I was a boy and try and develop into a man, really try and play him as a man who is on this search, on a journey of personal, spiritual, political, social discovery.”
“Power for men means the ability to make things happen ... The female definition of power is the ability not to have to please.”
“When 99% of people doubt your idea, you're either gravely wrong or about to make history.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 18, 2010
“Choice is the engine of our evolution.”
“I have no idea what's next, I simply don't have a clue.”
“The whole of the world could be deduced from the smallest grain of sand, if one studied it closely enough.”

Source : Christopher Paolini (2012). “Inheritance Deluxe Edition (The Inheritance Cycle, Book 4)”, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“Through the act of translation we break out of linguistic confinement and reach many other communities.”
“In Mathematics it is always best to cheat.”

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