"Then what shall I write? I can't just write that this happened then this happened then this happened to boring infinitum. I'll let my journal grow just like the mind does, just like a tree or beast does, just like life does. Why should a book tell a tale in a dull straight line? Words should wander and meander. They should fly like owls and flicker like bats and slip like cats. They should murmur and scream and dance and sing."

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Source : David Almond (2013). “My Name is Mina”, p.7, Hachette UK

David Almond

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“Everything can be explained to the people, on the single condition that you want them to understand.”

Source : Frantz Fanon (1968). “The Wretched of the Earth”
“Whoever governs Singapore must have that iron in him. Or give it up. This is not a game of cards. This is your life and mine. I've spent a whole lifetime building this and as long as I'm in charge, nobody is going to knock it down.”
“I don't get bothered by people saying what they say. I'm a happy person and I'm happy with my looks. I'm not an insecure person. I believe if somebody chooses plastic surgery it should be for themselves, not for anyone else.”
“Unity and simplicity are the two true sources of beauty.”
“But now we have time. Endless time stretches before us.”

Source : Emily Giffin (2010). “Something Borrowed: A Novel”, p.307, Macmillan
“John Facenda could read a laundry list and make it sound like the Constitution of the United States.”
“Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.”
“I can't sleep. There's always somebody not getting treatment. I can't stand that.”

Source : "Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World". Book by Tracy Kidder, 2004.

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