"The writer's job, after all, is not to dictate meaning, but to give the reader enough pieces to create his or her own satisfying meaning. The story is truly finishedâ€”and meaning is madeâ€”not when the author adds the last period, but when the reader enters the story and fills that little ambiguous space, completing the circuit, letting the power flow through."

-- Celeste Ng

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“And I'm sure after Facebook it will be the little cameras that we have implanted into the palms of our hands and we'll be debating whether we should get them, and then we'll all get them.”
“Even the most political poem is an act of faith.”

Source : "Bill Moyers Journal", www.pbs.org. July 20, 2007.
“That's in the First Amendment?”

Source : "Media Twist O’Donnell-Coons Exchange on Church and State". "The Rush Limbaugh Show", www.rushlimbaugh.com. October 19, 2010.
“People know what they do; frequently they know why they do what they do; but what they don't know is what what they do does.”
“In order to truly master the comfort zone, you have to learn to love it.”
“In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.”
“What's the shelf life of a 1931 movie? If it still exists, there will always be film buffs and a niche audience who will want to see it. But in terms of people even understanding in common usage, some of the words we use to describe these movies, I don't know how long that's going to last.”
“Love is your job description - no matter what you do for a living. If you ever feel unsure of what you're supposed to do in a situation, here's a good rule of thumb: always do what leads to greater love.”

Source : Marci Shimoff, Carol Kline, Marianne Williamson (2012). “Love For No Reason: 7 Steps to Creating a Life of Unconditional Love”, p.287, Simon and Schuster

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