"Regardless of the criticisms I receive from the left, the right and the middle, I think it's important to maintain a prolific writing jab, as long as my literary legs hold up."

-- Ishmael Reed

#Writing Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Long Quotes

“A house is not a machine to live in. It is the shell of man, his extension, his release, his spiritual emanation.”
“Young people need something stable to hang on to - a culture connection, a sense of their own past, a hope for their own future. Most of all, they need what grandparents can give them.”

Source : Jay Kesler (1993). “Grandparenting: The Agony and the Ecstasy”, Vine Books
“The spiritual always did exist, always will. It is eternal, it is changeless.”
“Sometimes, love feels like a life or death situation. Losing true love is pretty much as bad as it gets, other than actually dying or losing good health. Most people know that. Most people can relate. It's like the end of the world.”
“Don't lie to the girl of your life for the hoe of the night”
“There is a mystery about this which stimulates the imagination; where there is no imagination there is no horror.”
“I've been sniffing out the guys in my English class (to the extent that this is possible without getting my throat cut), but they smell the same way they always do: like feet and testicles. As opposed to freesias. I don't want to keep sniffing them, Lyd. - Letter from Seb to Lyd.”
“It is so easy for your people to forget that everything has a spirit, that all are equal. That magic and mystery are a part of your lives, not something to store away in a child's bedroom, or to use as an escape from your lives.”

Source : Charles de Lint (2002). “The Onion Girl”, p.435, Macmillan

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