"To leave a book is like leaving the better part of oneself."

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Source : Dacia Maraini, Dick Kitto, Elspeth Spottiswood (1999). “The Silent Duchess”, p.255, Feminist Press at CUNY

Dacia Maraini

#Book Quotes #Leaving Quotes #Oneself Quotes

“What would happen if capital succeeded in smashing the Republic of Soviets? There would set in an era of the blackest reaction in all the capitalist and colonial countries, the working class and the oppressed peoples would be seized by the throat, the positions of international communism would be lost.”
“It's kind of fun to hear that other people deal with the same kinds of issues that you do.”
“You gotta keep things moving. If leaving behind the past means you can have a better future, then, sure, why not?”
“But I really would love to give her a very special gift. I was hoping if I did, she might give me a kiss in return, instead of the brotherly hugs I always get instead.”

Source : Jessica Day George (2012). “Dragonskin Slippers”, p.320, A&C Black
“In A Man With a Pipe, my brother observed that although my father had been seen as intellectual and my mother more a creature of temperament, she had often been the more levelheaded of the two. In sum, we miss them as we love them, equally and always.”
“For now we must continue to strengthen our sanctions and pressure on North Korea.”
“Since philosophy now criticizes everything it comes across, a critique of philosophy would be nothing less than a just reprisal.”
“I will not accept a new wave of fiscal retrenchment, of belt-tightening, without asking people at the top to make their contribution, to make an additional contribution. I don't think you can ask people on middle and low incomes, who, after all, are the vast majority of the British population, to bear the brunt of this adjustment.”

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