"I write what I call 'novels of consolation' for people who are bright and sophisticated."

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Alan Furst

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Sophisticated Quotes

“Our noisy years seem moments in the being Of the eternal Silence.”
“We don't usually think of what we eat as a matter of ethics. Stealing, lying, hurting people - these acts are obviously relevant to our moral character. In ancient Greece and Rome, ethical choices about food were considered at least as significant as ethical choices about sex.”
“I am a musician. My passion for music has obliterated everything in its path for my entire life.”
“If you lose touch with nature you lose touch with humanity. If there's no relationship with nature then you become a killer; then you kill baby seals, whales, dolphins, and man either for gain, for "sport," for food, or for knowledge. Then nature is frightened of you, withdrawing its beauty. You may take long walks in the woods or camp in lovely places but you are a killer and so lose their friendship. You probably are not related to anything to your wife or your husband.”
“Eye contact is a method utilised by a single woman to communicate to a man that she is interested in him. Many women find it difficult to look a man directly in the eyes, not because of shyness, but because a woman's eyes are not located in her chest.”
“The shapes arranged themselves into words, and the words spelled out a delicious and wonderful phrase: Once upon a time.”
“My father was very disappointed by war and fighting. And he thought language could help us out of cycles of revenge and animosity. And so, as a journalist, he always found himself asking lots of questions and trying to gather information. He was always very clear to underscore the fact that Jewish people and Arab people were brother and sister.”
“Inquiry is more important than answers, for it is the questions we ask and the way in which we ask them that defines us.”

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