"This story of loss and regaining of identity is, I think, the framework of all literature."

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Source : Northrop Frye (1964). “The Educated Imagination”, p.55, Indiana University Press

Northrop Frye

#Loss Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Identity Quotes

“...that horrible moment of suspense when the artist shows one of his creations to strange eyes for the first time.”
“When I look at a painting it isn't only the painting I see but the thing that I am. If there is more in the painting that I am, then I won't see it.”
“It is forever unspeakable that man must suffer so. But you learn to control yourself, to work efficiently. ... I used to cry, and want to cry, but what do tears do? I was so proud when first I began to conquer. ... Your cheeks feel white just the same, but inside, not outside. Nobody can tell to look at you. Nobody.”
“You have the right not to be killed, unless it was done by a policeman or an aristocrat.”
“The mercy of the West has been social revolution; the mercy of the East has been individual insight into the basic self/void.”
“As a single mum I have to work, so I'm grateful to have the help of a wonderful and trusted nanny like I had when I was young.”

Source : "Minnie Driver: My family values". Interview with Jo Mears, www.theguardian.com. September 24, 2010.
“I love it. I love the challenge of it, working with kids every day, setting goals for myself and the program. I feel it was what I was meant to do. You remember your own experiences, and you want to do it for someone else.”
“If America could be, once again, a nation of self-reliant farmers, craftsmen, hunters, ranchers, and artists, then the rich would have little power to dominate others. Neither to serve nor to rule: That was the American dream.”

Source : Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.22, RosettaBooks

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