"In the early '90s, when I really started to find my voice, I was reading a lot of books, and I was moved by the writers, like Chinua Achebe, and I wanted to be able to write rhymes that were as potent as what I was reading."

-- Mos Def

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Writing Quotes

“The future is a bright as the promises of God.”
“That a new humanity will be brought forth from this Christ consciousness in each person.”
“Heâ€™s so beautiful,â€ she said wistfully. â€œHeâ€™s like an angel.â€ â€œYep,â€ I agreed flatly. â€œThe one that fell.”
“War." Gorgon spits the word. "That is what they call it to give the illusion of honor and law. It is chaos. Madness and blood and the hunger to win. It has always been thus and shall always be so.”
“It is at a time like this, when crisis threatens the stomach, that the French display the most sympathetic side of their nature. Tell them stories of physical injury or financial ruin and they will either laugh or commiserate politely. But tell them you are facing gastronomic hardship, and they will move heaven and earth and even restaurant tables to help you.”

Source : FaceBook post by Peter Mayle from Nov 25, 2015
“Basically, I live to do gigs.”
“Exceptional ideas create excellent opportunities”
“Friendship was another illusion like love, though it did not reach the same mad heights. People pretended that they were friends, when the fact was they were brought together by force of circumstances.”

Source : R. K. Narayan (2009). “Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts, The Dark Room, The English Teacher”, p.251, Everyman's Library

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