"Touch a university with hostile hands and the blood you draw is prompt, copious, and real."

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Source : Diana Trilling (1977). “We Must March My Darlings: A Critical Decade”, Harcourt

Diana Trilling

#Real Quotes #Blood Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Science fiction is the search for a definition of mankind and his status in the universe which will stand in our advanced but confused state of knowledge (science), and is characteristically cast in the Gothic or post Gothic mode.”

Source : Brian Wilson Aldiss (1995). “The Detached Retina: Aspects of SF and Fantasy”, p.72, Syracuse University Press
“I write only because There is a voice within me That will not be still”
“This is crossing the Rubicon, after which there will be no more sovereign states in Europe with fully-fledged governments and parliaments which represent legitimate interests of their citizens, but only one State will remain. Basic things will be decided by a remote 'federal government' in Brussels and, for example, Czech citizens will be only a tiny particle whose voice and influence will be almost zero. ... We are against a European superstate.”
“Buddhism is reason. Reason will win over your lord.”
“I decided to be a filmmaker when I was 12. I had utter clarity that this would be my life.”
“It's also the environment that determines a considerable part of the growth and development of children.”

Source : "The Progressive". Interview with Ruth Conniff, June 1, 2002.
“No matter if I'm booting extra points, kicking off, punting... whatever. I can kick things far, and I'm willing to do whatever the Colts ask of me.”
“I wanted to see something in full daylight; I was sated with the pleasure and comfort of the half light; I had the same desire for the daylight as for water and air. And if seeing was fire, I required the plenitude of fire, and if seeing would infect me with madness, I madly wanted that madness.”

Source : Maurice Blanchot (1981). “Folie Du Jour”, Barrytown/ Station Hill Press

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