"I believe in not quite knowing. A writer needs to be doubtful, questioning. I write out of curiosity and bewilderment."

-- William Trevor

#Believe Quotes #Writing Quotes #Knowing Quotes

“Home may be where the heart is but it's no place to spend Wednesday afternoon.”

Source : WALKER PERCY (1983). “LOST IN THE COSMOS”
“Life is weird. And guess what makes it weird? People.”
“Every vote for a governing office is an instrument for enslaving me.”
“It's not really like you have a thing like a supermodel anymore. It's more of a word than a real existence. I think, also, looking at it from a designer's point of view, at one point maybe they felt the stars took too much attention away from the clothes.”

Source : "Still Skinny in Milan" by Nick Watt, abcnews.go.com. February 27, 2007.
“People say, like, 'Are you a regular person?' 'Well, I'm not a robot, if that's what you're asking, I really am a person.”
“Destruction of the embryo in the mother's womb is a violation of the right to live which God has bestowed upon this nascent life. To raise the question whether we are here concerned already with a human being or not is merely to confuse the issue. The simple fact is that God certainly intended to create a human being and that this nascent human being has been deliberately deprived of his life. And that is nothing but murder.”

Source : Dietrich Bonhoeffer (2012). “Ethics”, p.174, Simon and Schuster
“Virtually all of Africa's civil wars were started by politically marginalized or excluded groups.”

Source : "Why Western-style democracy is not suitable for Africa" by George Ayittey, www.cnn.com. August 20, 2010.
“Standing Here My entire world far beneath my feet, I should be filled with pride. Instead, I feel overwhelmed by a sense of defeat. Suddenly it comes to me, toes tempted to test the ledge, that there is a way out of this. Clam surety flows through my veins, and as I turn to wave good-bye, I wonder if it will hurt or if a single person will cry at my funeral. I take a deep breath, a final taste of sweet mountain air. I conjure Leona, Emily. Move my feet closer. Closer There's Grandma One, Grandma Two, and their spouses, waiting for me. I see Dad. Cara. Mommy. I screw up my courage, step over”

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