"The pictures feel as essential to me as the text. I was always interested in including pictures with writing."

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Source : The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. March 19, 2013.

Marie Calloway

#Writing Quotes #Essentials Quotes #Feels Quotes

“I was covered in scars from the beatings, and she used to say it was a hockey... She'd apologize. She was on pain. I understand that now, but you don't when you are three and four and you're being beaten to death with a hoover.”
“George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.”
“The spirit of logical analysis should in practice blend with the practical pressure for the adoption of some form of international language, but it should not allow itself to be stampeded by it.”
“Your fate is writ clear;you will be murdered. I cannot conceive how it comes about that you were not murdered long since! How odd!Charles himself once said that to me, or something like it! There is nothing odd in it; any sensible man must say it!”
“Therefore let the Saints be diligent in building the Temple, and all houses which they have been, or shall hereafter be, commanded of God to build; and wait their time with patience in all meekness, faith, perseverance unto the end.”
“A stand-up's job is to hold the mirror up to society and to look at what we're afraid of. That's why we had shows like 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons.' We made fun of ourselves then.”
“My favorite sign says, 'I care about you.' In a culture that trains people to avoid each other's gaze, to say 'Let them die,' that is a deeply radical statement.”
“Giving connects two people, the giver and the receiver, and this connection gives birth to a new sense of belonging.”

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