"Humans cannot fly, but they can get the flying feeling. All they need to do is go out at night into a wild storm where the thunder roars like applause and the lightning throws itself in daggers of light at your bare feet and you suddenly find you are not afraid."

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Source : Hilary McKay (2007). “Caddy Ever After”, p.35, Simon and Schuster

Hilary McKay

#Night Quotes #Feet Quotes #Light Quotes

“A moral character is attached to autumnal scenes; the leaves falling like our years, the flowers fading like our hours, the clouds fleeting like our illusions, the light diminishing like our intelligence, the sun growing colder like our affections, the rivers becoming frozen like our lives--all bear secret relations to our destinies.”
“If there's one thing that can save the novel, it is to make it independent of cinema, to narrate in a way that cinema can never narrate, using to its benefit those particular characteristics which belong to writing.”

Source : Source: www.3ammagazine.com
“There is a forgotten black middle class in America - a group which is huge but underrepresented in the media and in art. It's difficult to talk about these things, because it forces one to talk in generalities, but that's my view. I do think the idea of a blanket class for black people is unfortunately still present.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“I am here no longer just a vision birthed into this body I accept my praise, my blame, my joy, my sorrow I realize we are, in truth, the truth we seek God, perfect this very moment.”
“I believe this generation, particularly the younger people don't really like labels.”
“Suffering itself does less afflict the senses than the apprehension of suffering.”
“The phenomenal success of the recovery movement reflects two simple truths that emerge in adolescence: all people love to talk about themselves, and most people are mad at their parents. You don't have to be in denial to doubt that truths like these will set us free.”
“The use of great men is to serve the little men, to take care of the human race, and act as practical interpreters of justice and truth.”

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