"Human history is not the battle of good struggling to overcome evil. It is a battle fought by a great evil struggling to crush a small kernel of human kindness."

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Source : "Zbigniew Herbert, Vasily Grossman, and 'a small kernel of human kindness'" by Cynthia Haven, Stanford University blog, bookhaven.stanford.edu. August 2018.

Vasily Grossman

#Crush Quotes #Kindness Quotes #Struggle Quotes

“I've always been better moving than I am standing still.”
“There are certain men born in this world, and they're supposed to die setting an example for the rest of the weak bastards we're surrounded with.”

Source : "The Real Heroes Are Dead" by James B. Stewart, www.newyorker.com. February 11, 2002.
“Technology causes problems as well as solves problems. Nobody has figured out a way to ensure that, as of tomorrow, technology won't create problems. Technology simply means increased power, which is why we have the global problems we face today.”
“I can't listen to music while writing - any such distraction would have dreadful consequences.”
“When you're alone and you feel sad, try reading a book. Try touching someone's heart. Try to imagine what they were thinking, what they wanted to convey. If you do that, you might get something amazing.”
“The only thing that I could think of to do was to be an actress.”
“I see something in her eyes, sends me to a better place.”

Source : Song: I Believe, Album: Flying in a Blue Dream, 1989
“In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it.”

Source : "Ten rules for writing fiction" by Rose Tremain, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2010.

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