"He'd kept this silence because his own secrets were darker, more hidden, and because he believed that his secrets had created hers."

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Source : Kim Edwards (2006). “The Memory Keeper's Daughter: A Novel”, p.203, Penguin

Kim Edwards

#Silence Quotes #Secret Quotes

“Poetry, I'm returning to it, never leaves me. It's my genre completely. In poetry I contemplate myself exuberantly. It's my unique strength. Force of gravity, electric and magnetic energy; in my own way, to make a synthesis.”
“I study the Bible all week, pray to the Lord, and then I speak from my heart. It's all about brutal honesty.”
“Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. I'm awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I don't work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas. Gammas are stupid. They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse. They're too stupid to be able to read or write. Besides they wear black, which is such a beastly color. I'm so glad I'm a Beta.”
“When going back makes sense, you are going ahead.”
“Sometimes it takes an outsider, someone with fresh eyes to see the truth.”

Source : Ally Carter (2011). “Heist Society”, p.75, Hachette UK
“...jingoism, racism, fear, religious fundamentalism: these are the ways of appealing to people if you're trying to organize a mass base of support for policies that are really intended to crush them.”
“After the Shah's departure from Iran, I will not become a president nor accept any other leadership role. Just like before, I limit my activities only to guiding and directing the people.”

Source : Le Monde Interview in Paris, January 9, 1979.
“it used to be almost the first question (just after 'Can you type?') in the standard female job interview: 'Are you now, or have you ever, contemplated marriage, motherhood, or the violent overthrow of the U.S. government?”

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