"I read because I have to. It drives everything else from my mind. It lets me escape to find other world."

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Source : Adeline Yen Mah (2009). “Chinese Cinderella”, p.140, Penguin UK

Adeline Yen Mah

#Other Worlds Quotes #Mind Quotes #World Quotes

“I hated the mountains and the hills, the rivers and the rain. I hated the sunsets of whatever colour, I hated its beauty and its magic and the secret I would never know. I hated its indifference and the cruelty which was part of its loveliness. Above all I hated her. For she belonged to the magic and the loveliness. She had left me thirsty and all my life would be thirst and longing for what I had lost before I found it.”
“I want young people to be able to buy into what I design. When I was young, I wanted to buy designer brands even if all I could afford was the cheapest wallet, the cheapest pen, the cheapest T-shirt because I wanted to be a part of it.”
“I don't know what the future holds, but I have to be confident about it. It's just the way I am.”
“'Orphan Black' allows for people to have debates and theories and allegiances to different characters - to trust characters and hate other characters - but it doesn't tell you who is good or bad or right or wrong. That's the most exciting storytelling, in my book.”
“The thought of judgment, criticism and condemnation must, in time, operate against the one who sets it into motion.”
“The question is not whether we can afford to invest in every child; it is whether we can afford not to.”
“If it is true that there is no greater sorrow than to remember a happy time in a state of misery, it is just as true that calling up a moment of anguish in a tranquil mood, seated quietly at one's desk, is a source of profound satisfaction.”

Source : Primo Levi (1984). “The periodic table”, Schocken
“What happens in New York affects national policy in very significant ways.”

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