"What a long way it is from one life to another: yet why write if not for that distance; if things can be let go, every before replaced by an after."

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Source : Yiyun Li (2017). “Dear Friend, from My Life I Write to You in Your Life”, p.20, Random House

Yiyun Li

#Letting Go Quotes #Distance Quotes #Writing Quotes

“It's not fear that keeps me up. I mean, every generation has thought, this is the worst generation; the world's going to hell in a hand basket. The reality is, people are living longer, and they're living better.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“To be powerful in South America, you have to be transparent and you have to have a very clean reputation. Transparency for me today is a magic word in South America. Power comes from transparency and a track record of execution.”
“What's wrong with hip-hop is the system that controls the definition of it. There needs to be more balance on the airwaves.”
“I must say I'm not very fond of oratory that's so full of energy it hasn't any room for facts.”

Source : Sinclair Lewis (2002). “Arrowsmith: Elmer Gantry ; Dodsworth”
“People wanted to be friends with me for not the right reasons. They'd introduce me to somebody else as the Olympian or the swimmer. I didn't want to stand out. I wanted to blend in.”
“So small, so blue, in grassy places / My flowers raise / Their tiny faces.”

Source : Cicely Mary Barker (1991). “A Treasury of Flower Fairies”, Warne
“I have a wife and two boys. One is 18 and the other is 14. The 18-year old is getting ready for college next year and he made a decision to run track. He runs a lot like Michael Johnson.”
“Imagine a hot tub for the mind. That is what meditation is; it can bathe your mind in relaxing thoughts.”

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