"A powerful idea communicates some of its strength to him who challenges it."

-- Marcel Proust

#Inspirational Quotes #Strength Quotes #Powerful Quotes

“Art transcends war. Art is the language of God and war is the barking of men. Beethoven is bigger than war.”
“The orthogonal features, when combined, can explode into complexity.”

Source : "The Philosophy of Ruby". Interview with Bill Venners, www.artima.com. September 29, 2003.
“Get burnt like a candle, very hard to handle, Do miracles in Nikes like Jesus did in sandals.”
“We need a leader, not a reader.”

Source : "Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel". "This Week" with Christiane Amanpour, abcnews.go.com. November 20, 2011.
“Blood fills my mouth. Fire sears my veins. I choke back a howl. The silver knife slips--the choice is mine. I am death or life. I am salvation or destruction. Angel or demon. I am grace. I plunge in the knife. This is my sacrifice-- I am the monster.”

Source : Bree Despain (2011). “The Dark Divine”, p.5, Egmont UK
“Never trust a man, who when left alone with a tea cosey... Doesn't try it on.”
“I have to reach "the poetry condition" to write. Then it is as if the border around me is thinned or blurred or erased or disappeared or dead.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I never like to refer back to anything I've done when I'm working on a character, even if that character has the same occupation.”

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