"Somewhere deep within the marrow of our marrow, we were the same."

--

Source : Kamila Shamsie (2011). “Kartography”, p.45, A&C Black

Kamila Shamsie

“The mind is like a sponge, soaking up endless drops of knowledge.”
“I was forever changed by my experience on Once and Again. All of us who were on that show have deep connections... familial connections.”

Source : "Susanna Thompson: ‘Arrow’ Star Talks Career And Staying Young". Interview with Shelley Emling, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 29, 2012.
“Most of my poetry lies beyond the SF field, yet here I am corralled into 'SF poetry' as part of this poetry weekend. Of course, some might say, 'you've made your own bed - now you must lie in it!' But, while fully accepting that dictum, I'm not yet quite prepared to lie down...”
“Color will play no part in the art of future.”

Source : "Nervous Stillness on the Horizon". Book editing by Monika Faber, 2005.
“If it doesn't rot, it's not real food.”
“My father used to run auctions. He's now a singer in the Canary Islands.”
“Dear God, I don't want to have invented my faith to satisfy my weakness. I don't want to have created God to my own image as they're so fond of saying. Please give me the necessary grace, oh Lord, and please don't let it be as hard to get as Kafka made it.”
“Myth is the hidden part of every story, the buried part, the region that is still unexplored because there are as yet no words to enable us to get there. Myth is nourished by silence as well as by words.”

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