"What is literature, really? Boiled down to a single sentence, I'd say it's this: an endless conversation about what it means to be human. And to read literature is to engage in that conversation."

-- Nicole Krauss

#Mean Quotes #Healing Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Forgiveness frees the forgiver.”
“Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity.”
“I don't come from a film background. I haven't learned anything about films or film-making. But I have a thirst to know everything about my profession. I want to learn about cinematography, about editing, about music recordings, about post-production. So when people in the know talk, I willingly listen.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“I care more about the country than what happens to me. But we can't allow the law to become a political weapon or agree to scare people away from standing up for their rights, no matter how good the deal. I'm not going to be part of that.”
“I am a vampire," I say softly. "And you have pissed me off.”
“What unites us, is much greater than what divides us.”

Source : "Paul McCartney signs letter urging Scotland to stick with UK" by Laura Smith-Spark, www.cnn.com. September 2, 2014.
“We either live with intention or exist by default.”
“There's no happy ending where we prevent climate change any more. Now the question is, is it going to be a miserable century or an impossible one, and what comes after that.”

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