"It is not important for me as a writer that you leave a piece of writing of mine with either an agreement or even a resonance with what I have said. What is important is that you leave with the resonance of what you have felt and what you thought in reaction to that."

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“What kind of country is this where a woman can't weep her heart out on the highways and byways without being tormented by retired bill-brokers!”
“BEFORE I DISCOVERED THE miracles of science, magic ruled the world.”

Source : William Kamkwamba (2010). “The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind”, p.7, HarperCollins UK
“There is a lot of absurdity sometimes, not just in Mormonism but often in other religions that want to pretend that no bad happens in their church, rather than taking care of what bad does happen.”
“Today’s events are tomorrow’s history, yet events seen by the naked eye lack the depth and breadth of human struggles, triumphs and suffering. Writing history is writing the soul of the past… so that the present generation may learn from past mistakes, be inspired by their ancestor’s sacrifices, and take responsibility for the future.”
“The [travel] writer, looking back at the journey from a distance of a year or two (or three), is a different character from the hapless character who undertook the trip: wise after the event, with the leisure to tease out meanings from the experience that the distracted traveler never had, and often impatient with his alter ego's blinkered and unsatisfactory version of things.”
“Violence does not and cannot flourish by itself; it is inevitably intertwined with lying.”
“I hope you feel better today. Please ring me at work if you are dead.”

Source : Jaclyn Moriarty (2014). “Feeling Sorry for Celia: A Novel”, p.27, St. Martin's Press
“We know that we have achieved something important for the club and for Villarreal.”

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