"To choose to write is to reject silence."

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Source : "Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: 'Fear of causing offence becomes a fetish'" by Nicole Lee, www.theguardian.com. May 11, 2015.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

#Writing Quotes #Silence Quotes #Rejects Quotes

“What is this place? Hogwarts? -- Alex Rider”
“The worst thing a government can do now in Spain is to do nothing”

Source : "Will Spain Be the Next Greece?". Interview with Lally Weymouth, www.slate.com. October 28, 2011.
“Even in the world of make-believe there have to be rules. The parts have to be consistent and belong together.”
“There are those hearts, reader, that never mend again once they are broken. Or if they do mend, they heal themselves in a crooked and lopsided way, as if sewn together by a careless craftsman. Such was the fate of Chiaroscuro. His heart was broken. Picking up the spoon and placing it on his head, speaking of revenge, these things helped him to put his heart together again. But it was, alas, put together wrong.”
“I talk specifically to the lifestyle and those who can relate to it. And I feel like, where the creativity comes in, is where you draw the parallels that everybody can relate to. That's where it's creative for me. I feel like it works best that way.”

Source : "Pusha T On Fronting, Responsibility And Kanye". "Microphone Check" with Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Frannie Kelley, www.npr.org. October 11, 2013.
“I don't even know if I will be around next year. My cancers are so bad that I think I've arrived at the end of the road. What a pity. I would like to live not only because I love life so much, but because I'd like to see the result of the trial. I do think I will be found guilty.”
“My mother is more of an adviser. I followed everything she did when I was younger, because I looked up to her so much.”
“People went through life like well handled jugs, collecting chips and scrapes and stains from wear and tear, from holding and pouring life.”

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