"I am not sure how a novel changes the world. I think it alters a reader's perspective by asking him or her to see the world through another consciousness. That can perhaps cause people to see their own lives differently. Or just give a single day, a single moment, a slightly different sheen."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Edan Lepucki

#Single Mom Quotes #Thinking Quotes #People Quotes

“Wisest is he who knows what he does not know.”
“There is no greater call to service than that of our brave men and women who serve our country in combat across the globe.”
“Democracies don't prepare well for things that have never happened before.”
“I'm all out o faith, this is how I feel. I'm cold and I am shamed lying naked on the floor. Illusions never change into something real. I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is torn. You're a little late, I'm already torn.”

Source : Song: Torn, Album: Left of the Middle
“Once upon a time freedom used to be life-now it's money. I guess the world really do change.”

Source : Lorraine Hansberry (2011). “A Raisin in the Sun”, p.65, Vintage
“A military leader often faces a situation he has to deal with, but because it is his duty, no court can try him.”

Source : "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately, 2004.
“Boo was our neighbor. He gave us two soap dolls, a broken watch and chain, a pair of good-luck pennies, and our lives.”
“She started thinking about all the euphemisms for death, all the anxious taboos that had always fascinated her. It was too bad you could never have an intelligent discussion on the subject. People were either too young or too old, or else they didn't have time.”

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