"Every story, every poem, every written piece is about belonging. There is a me, there is a we, there is an us, and we want to belong to it or we don't want to belong. You can read every story with this as its main focus."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Alejandro Zambra

#Focus Quotes #Stories Quotes #Pieces Quotes

“In here, the human bosom -- mine, yours, everybody's -- there isn't just one soul. There's a lot of souls. But there are two main ones, the real soul and a pretender soul. Now! Every man realizes that he has to love something or somebody. He feels that he must go outward. 'If thou canst not love, what art thou?' Are you with me?”
“Breath is life, and the intermingling of breaths is the purpose of good living. This is in essence the great principle on which all productive living must rest, for relationships among all the beings of the universe must be fulfilled; in this way each individual life may also be fulfilled.”

Source : Paula Gunn Allen (2015). “The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions”, p.50, Open Road Media
“If you want to be creative, go where your questions lead you.”
“A situation where people can grow old without having a job that rewards them individually while adding to the collective well-being is morally unacceptable.”

Source : Franco Modigliani (2001). “Adventures of an Economist”, W. W. Norton
“I find beauty in unusual things, like hanging your head out the window or sitting on a fire escape.”
“Whenever your feeling is in conflict with your wish, feeling will be the victor.”
“Desmond Morris says that men make better artists because they are greater risk-takers; on the other hand, he thinks that women are better organisers and diplomats and more suited to become politicians.”

Source : Source: www.theguardian.com
“Love means attention, which means looking after the things we love. We call this stable management.”

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