"Here, beside this great black surface that is my desk, I feel as though I am on a desert island."

-- Etty Hillesum

#Writing Quotes #Islands Quotes #Black Quotes

“It takes five years for a willing person's mind to change. Have patience with yourself and others when treading in an area protected by a taboo.”
“There is hurt that cannot be fixed by band aids or poetrybecause no matter how wide you stretch your fingers, your hands will always be too small to catch all the pain you want to heal. Believe me, Iâ€™ve tried.”

Source : Sarah Kay, “If I should have a daughter”
“I cannot do politics under someone else's control.”
“Until you have learned to be tolerant with those who do not always agree with you, you will be neither successful nor happy.”
“We've learned to fly the air like birds, we've learned to swim the seas like fish, and yet we haven't learned to walk the earth as brothers and sisters”
“I swear to you gentlemen, that to be overly conscious is a sickness, a real, thorough sickness.”
“Today, I use Linux as my primary OS (on an x86 PC, and on a Thinkpad), and I also use Irix (on an SGI O2). Linux has improved a great deal since I wrote this, specifically with respect to its ease of installation.”

Source : "Mouthing off about linux". www.jwz.org. 2000.
“I never thought in terms of a "breakthrough" film. I wasn't looking for fame or a career path into Hollywood. I was doing it for myself. I just wanted to make a film that I really loved. If other people liked it, great. But you can never guess what other people are going to like.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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