"The shadow past is shaped by everything that never happened. Invisible, it melts the present like rain through karst."

-- Anne Michaels

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“I spend three hours a day writing and the rest of my day getting over it.”
“Some are young people who don't know who they are, what they can be or even want to be. They are afraid, but they don't know of what. They are angry, but they don't know at whom. They are rejected and they don't know why. All they want is to be somebody.”
“My uncle played rugby, and my dad played football, and they used to argue which game was the roughest - and everybody agreed rugby was. It's a great team sport, and to be successful, every person has to play in the same level.”
“Sweet praise is like perfume. It is fine if you don't swallow it.”
“When will I ever learn to accept what is given instead of always yearning for more? My lavish expectations too often tarnish my blessings.”

Source : Joan Anderson (2011). “A Year by the Sea: Thoughts of an Unfinished Woman”, p.30, Broadway Books
“Relationships of any kind are powerful, and they always influence an artist. It's inescapable.”
“Death in Somalia seldom bothers to announce its arrival. In fact, death calls with the arrogance of a guest confident on receiving a warm welcome at any time, no question asked.”

Source : Nuruddin Farah (2015). “Hiding in Plain Sight”, p.18, Oneworld Publications
“What can we put into the hands of people under oppressive regimes to help them? For me, a big part of it is information, knowledge - the ability to defeat propaganda by understanding it.”

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