"What happens whenever we convert a writer into a symbol is that we lose the writer himself in all his indefeasible singularity, his particular inimitable genius."

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Alfred Kazin

#Writing Quotes #Genius Quotes #Singularity Quotes

“If I'm going through a hard part of my life, I just think about the fact I am living a dream. Alot of people aren't as fortunate to have their hobby-the thing they love to do most-as their job. I just think about that and I feel better.”
“Nothing is wrong with California that a rise in the ocean level wouldn't cure.”

Source : Ross Macdonald (2011). “The Drowning Pool”, p.28, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
“The Age of Average gave us a lot. Take clothing: We've all benefited remarkably from large, medium and small sizes making things affordable and available, but when it really counts - the wedding gown and the pressurized fighter pilot suit - it's bespoke all the way.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“If you're Filipino, you're the beaner of the Asian community 'cause you're just like us. You're indigenous people that got banged by some Spaniards. That's why you have names like Kwan Ping Del Toro.”
“I don't think we need to agree with anyone in order to love the person. The command for Christians to love the other person, to be benevolent and beneficent toward them, is independent of what the other believes.”
“The end doesn't justify the means.”
“I never wanted to limit myself to just impressions. I wanted to branch out and develop other parts of my game.”
“Animals do feel like us, also joy, love, fear and pain but they cannot grasp the spoken word. It is our obligation to take their part and continue to resist the people who profit by them, who slaughter them and who torture them.”

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