"Among the millions of nerve cells that clothe parts of the brain there runs a thread. It is the thread of time, the thread that has run through each succeeding wakeful hour of the individual."

-- Wilder Penfield

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“I think art has a right â€” not an obligation â€” to be difficult if it wishes. And, since people generally go on from this to talk about elitism versus democracy, I would add that genuinely difficult art is truly democratic.”
“To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.”
“Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking.”
“Christâ€™s love and friendship are no illusion. On the Cross Jesus showed how real they are.”
“Only after Mom went missing did you realize that her stories were piled inside you, in endless stacks. Mom's everyday life used to go on in a repeating loop, without a break. Her everyday words, which you didn't think deeply about and sometimes dismissed as useless when she was with you, awoke in your heart, creating tidal waves.”

Source : Kyung-Sook Shin (2011). “Please Look After Mom”, p.260, Vintage
“To point out the importance of circumspection in your conduct, it may be proper to observe that a good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted at your age are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous.”
“Everything is a narrative in life. I learned that early on as a reporter at the Washington Post.”

Source : "Kara Swisher discusses life, D: All Things Digital". Interview with Sarah Adler, www.sfgate.com. May 27, 2012.
“At least when somebody's suffocating, you can tell: you see their faces turn blue, their lips quiver, their eyes buck, and their throats jerk. But when a man is mentally packing his bags the suitcase is never out until he's already standing on the other side of the door.”

Source : Kalisha Buckhanon (2008). “Conception: A Novel”, p.13, Macmillan

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