"If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account."

-- V. S. Naipaul

#Writing Quotes #Littles Quotes #Narrative Quotes

“Mental illness doesn't choose the most talented or the smartest or the richest or the poorest. It shows no mercy and often arrives like an unexpected storm, dropping an endless downpour on young dreams.”
“At the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit. And that center is really everywhere. It is within each of us.”
“Sins of the flesh are nothing. They are maladies for physicians to cure, if they should be cured. Sins of the soul alone are shameful.”
“The nuclear family must be destroyed, and people must find better ways of living together.... Whatever its ultimate meaning, the break-up of families now is an objectively revolutionary process.... No woman should have to deny herself any opportunities because of her special responsibilities to her children... Families will be finally destroyed only when a revolutionary social and economic organization permits people's needs for love and security to be met in ways that do not impose divisions of labor, or any external roles, at all.”
“Manâ€™s main concern is not to gain pleasure or to avoid pain but rather to see a meaning in his life.”
“The bottom line is, insults only hurt when they come from someone I respect.”

Source : Kresley Cole (2012). “Lothaire”, p.88, Simon and Schuster
“Goals in writing are dreams with deadlines.”
“We've been following many forms of democratized ownership, starting with co-ops, land banks at the neighborhood level, municipal ownership and state ownership of banks - there's a whole series of these that attempt to fill the small-scale infrastructure that can build up to a larger theoretical vision.”

Source : Source: www.salon.com

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