"Through the act of translation we break out of linguistic confinement and reach many other communities."

-- Ngugi wa Thiong'o

#Community Quotes #Break Out Quotes #Confinement Quotes

“Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called Pat Sandys, had been the first person to persaude the Agatha Christie estate to put one of her stories on TV.”
“I wanted to come back to Sighet to tell you the story of my death. So that you could prepare yourselves while there was still time. To live? I don't attach any importance to my life any more. I'm alone. No, I wanted to come back, and to warn you. And see how it is, no one will listen to me.”
“I have always found it difficult to wait for things - whether it was to see my father or sailor brother, Alan, again after their long sea trips, or the chance of a better job, or even new curtains.”
“It's important to listen to those around you, and ultimately you have to decide which path you're going to go down.”
“After Proust, there are certain things that simply cannot be done again. He marks off for you the boundaries of your talent.”
“People who love sausage and people who believe in justice should never watch either of them being made”
“So long as men shall be on earth, there will be tasks for them to do. Some way for them to show their worth. Each day shall bring its problems new. And men shall dream of mightier deeds than ever have been done before. There always shall be human needs for men to work and struggle for.”
“Everyone's just extracting meaning and feeling and emotion from almost every aspect of music, and I think that for me, it's a huge antidote to that to have a concept album.”

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