"Solitude and quiet are highly desirable, but the lack of them is no barrier to writing... The will to work builds all the seclusion that one needs."

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Source : John Braine (1975). “Writing a Novel”, McGraw-Hill Companies

John Braine

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“I hope I go to Heaven, and when I do, I'm going to do what every San Franciscan does when he gets there. He looks around and says, 'It ain't bad, but it ain't San Francisco.'”
“In the long and dogged crusade that the human race has fought in favor of democracy, the ideal of liberty, of freedom, has always been the goal.”

Source : John Allen Fraser (1993). “The House of Commons at Work”, Montréal : Éditions de la Chenelière
“Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love, or life.”
“They will not criminalise us, rob us of our true identity, steal our individualism, depoliticise us, churn us out as systemised, institutionalised, decent law-abiding robots. Never will they label our liberation struggle as criminal.”

Source : Bobby Sands (1982). “Skylark Sing Your Lonely Song: An Anthology of the Writings of Bobby Sands”, Irish Amer Book Company
“Everybody's a complex person. Everybody. Everybody's nuanced.”
“If you want a real experience of serenity, look for the good. Affirm the good. Acknowledge the good.”
“We must learn to speak the language women speak when there is no one there to correct us.”
“Keep a gratitude journal. Write down at least three things a day you are either thankful for, made you smile or genuinely inspired you.”

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