"Letters are signs of things, symbols of words, whose power is so great that without a voice they speak to us the words of the absent; for they introduce words by the eye, not by the ear."

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Source : "An Encyclopedist of the Dark Ages: Isidore of Seville", by Ernest Brehaut New York: B. Franklin, 1964.

Isidore of Seville

#Eye Quotes #Voice Quotes #Ears Quotes

“I would rather be a serf in a poor man's house and be above ground than reign among the dead.”
“The naked figures in the landscape have willingly undressed for my camera. They are either perfect beings heroically occupying their Edens, or else they are gardeners after the Fall, lost and exposed to both the elements and the lens.”
“People think that because I write about India I must be trying to portray India in a way.”

Source : "Class Interview with Anita Desai". www.baruch.cuny.edu. 2003.
“I'm a kind person, I'm kind to everyone, but if you are unkind to me, then kindness is not what you'll remember me for”
“I think itâ€™s fairly common for writers to be afflicted with two simultaneous yet contradictory delusions, the burning certainty that weâ€™re unique geniuses, and the constant fear that weâ€™re witless frauds who are speeding toward epic failure.”
“I don't want Democrats in the boardroom and I don't want Republicans in the bedroom.”
“A true understanding of who God is, who we are, and the missionary task should drive us to our knees and keep us there.”
“They spent their time doing nothing... they let intimacy fuse them.”

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