"Experience in itself wasnâ€™t enough. The diary was my defense against waking up at the end of my life and realizing Iâ€™d missed it."

-- Sarah Manguso

#Defense Quotes #Diaries Quotes #Wake Up Quotes

“Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation.”

Source : Sir John Denham (1709). “Poems and Translations: With the Sophy, a Tragedy”, p.114
“We must quit bending the Word to suit our situation. It is we who must be bent to that Word, our necks that must bow under the yoke.”
“A broken heart is a monument to a love that will never die; fulfillment is a monument to a love that is already on its deathbed.”
“Lots of old slaves closes the door before they tell the truth about their days of slavery.”
“We were fractious and overpaid. Our mornings lacked promise. At least those of us who smoked had something to look forward to at ten-fifteen.”

Source : "Then We Came to the End". Book by Joshua Ferris, 2006.
“The writer works in a lonely way.”
“If I start talking about my own hopes, it'll take hours. The biggest hope is that there's not any more discrimination between men and women. That women could have equal rights. It's very painful when you see in your family that a brother can do anything he wants, but at the same age, you can't.”

Source : "Afghan graffiti artist risks her life to challenge the burqa under the Taliban". Interview with Katie Booth, womenintheworld.com. May 21, 2015.
“Nothing will do more damage to the pro-European movement than giving room to the suspicion that we have something to hide, that we do not have the â€œcojonesâ€ to carry our argument to the people.”

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