"I started reading contemporary fiction in college or right after college. It wasn't as if I was steeped in experimental minimalism when I was twelve or something. I was reading The Witch of Blackbird Pond."

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Leni Zumas

#Reading Quotes #College Quotes #Contemporary Fiction Quotes

“A Great Work of Art is one that truly moves and inspires you. You yourself must be moved. Don't look at art with others' eyes. Don't listen to music with others' ears. You must react to art with your own feelings, your own heart and mind.”
“Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive.”
“I found one remaining box of comics which I had saved. When I opened it up and that smell came pouring out, that old paper smell, I was struck by a rush of memories, a sense of my childhood self that seemed to be contained in there.”
“The cheerful loser is the winner.”
“I enjoy my own thoughts sometimes.”
“This occasion is personally very meaningful and I hope to visit Korea again if I have the chance.”
“Guys don't get romantically involved." "What do they get?" "Invold, period.”
“Grace is God's love in action for those who don't deserve it.”

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