"When we read dystopia, we root for these people to break free because we are these people; hoping and fighting against things that are bigger than ourselves."

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Source : "'Matched' Author Ally Condie Explains Why Dystopian Novels Rock", www.mtv.com. May 6, 2011.

Ally Condie

#Fighting Quotes #Roots Quotes #People Quotes

“Inject a few raisins of conversation into the tasteless dough of existence.”

Source : O. Henry (2016). “The Complete Works Of O. Henry”, p.776, ShandonPress
“Some of the wives didn't keep up with the program. It started breaking apart during the Apollo days.”
“The cure for pain is in the pain.”
“Regardless of the overall state of the economy, there is now a large enough elite made up of new multi-millionaires and billionaires for Wall Street to see the group as "superconsumers," able to carry consumer demand all on their own.”
“Every man of genius sees the world at a different angle from his fellows, and there is his tragedy.”
“If your man is a sports enthusiast, you may have to resign yourself to his spouting off in a monotone on a prize fight, football game or pennant race.”
“A lot of English traditional music is guesswork anyway, so it's very difficult for people to be vehemently opposed to experimenting with it.”
“Oh but I'd pay anything to keep my conscience clean.I'm keeping my eyes on the the exit sign. Steady now.”

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