"Censors tend to do what only psychotics do: they confuse reality with illusion."

-- David I. Rozenberg

#Reality Quotes #Censorship Quotes #Illusion Quotes

“Who deserves more credit than the wife of a coal miner? Mother was one.”
“A man like Wilde was not free to live out of the closet as a homosexual, and women in general were not able to be truly themselves; there was no place for a woman's voice to be heard or for her to express her sexuality.”
“Eventually, though, I came to the conclusion that I was the male equivalent of a Toyota Camry. You know: No one ever says, "I have to have a Toyota Camry." But most people who spend some time in a Camry start to like it. "It's pretty reliable," they think. "It doesn't have a lot of problems, and it's not bad to look at. You know what? I'd probably prefer a nicer car. But I can live with a Camry.”
“I wanted to wear her as you would a piece of clothing, to fold into her ribs, be a stone in her mouth.”

Source : Hisham Matar (2011). “Anatomy of a Disappearance”, p.13, Penguin UK
“I'd just play 'til my hands fell off. My parents would yell at me to stop because they couldn't stand the noise any more! I was terrible! It must have been hard for them to listen to me as a beginning drummer.”
“It goes beyond mere "acknowledgment" of religion because its sole purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage in prayer, an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function in this context." she wrote. "In this instance, the government has taken sides on a matter that must be left to individual conscience.”
“Without devotion any life becomes a stranger's story...told for the body to forget what it once loved.”
“I definitely want to go out and explore different personalities and different people.”

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