"I have never felt a placard and a poem are in any way similar."

-- Kristin Hunter

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“Human mercy is proof of having received divine mercy.”
“It sounds trite, but I like telling stories.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“We're not going to fix government until we fix citizenship.”
“Every child should have mud pies, grasshoppers, water bugs, tadpoles, frogs, mud turtles, elderberries, wild strawberries, acorns, chestnuts, trees to climb. Brooks to wade, water lilies, woodchucks, bats, bees, butterflies, various animals to pet, hayfields, pine-cones, rocks to roll, sand, snakes, huckleberries and hornets; and any child who has been deprived of these has been deprived of the best part of education.”

Source : Luther Burbank (2000). “The Training of the Human Plant”, p.91, The Minerva Group, Inc.
“I couldnt really take a girl from Berlin to live in Leeds. I love it here. I miss the Yorkshire sense of humor and things like bitter and Yorkshire puddings, but I can still get my hands on salt n vinegar crisps.”
“Even today, I notice that some of my pieces are explicitly tonal; there are actually tonics and dominants. And then there are pieces that are not tonal. I tend to think that there's a dichotomy that has to do with the way pitches are structured.”
“America is thataway, Mr. Lincoln," laughed Davis, pointing north. "You're in Mississippi now.”
“When I am in the city I have the impression that I am in a living room with crystal chandeliers, rugs of velvet, and satin cushions. And when I'm in the favela I have the impression that I'm a useless object, destined to be forever in a garbage dump.”

Source : Carolina Maria de Jesus (2005). “Beyond All Pity”

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