"As in the rankest soil the most beautiful flowers are grown, so in the dark soil of poverty the choicest flowers of humanity have developed and bloomed."

-- James Allen

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“But writers experience the world and themselves in a unique way. We look for meaning. We see it even when we are not paying attention, which is seldom because, as writers, paying attention is what we do. We are scribes to the ticking of the days, and we have a job to do. We are not at peace unless we are doing it.”
“It's like all technology: either not powerful enough or too powerful. It will never do exactly what you want it to do.”

Source : Charles Yu (2012). “Sorry Please Thank You: Stories”, p.42, Vintage
“We will not "forget" so as to be able to rejoice; we will rejoice and therefore let those memories (of wrongs suffered) slip out of our minds!”
“A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.”

Source : 1984 One Writer's Beginnings, III. 'Finding a Voice'.
“Everything that could produce a clash between the Arab world and the West seemed dangerous to me.”
“This company looks cheap, that company looks cheap, but the overall economy could completely screw it up. The key is to wait. Sometimes the hardest thing to do is to do nothing.”
“It is a very strong rule in drama, and in life, that people remain true to their basic natures. They change, and their change is essential for drama, but typically they only change a little, taking a single step towards integrating a forgotten or rejected quality into their natures.”
“You write about my flower as if I think and see what you think and see of the flower - and I don't.”

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