"This cell belongs to a brain, and it is my brain, the brain of me who is writing; and the cell in question, and within it the atom in question, is in charge of my writing, in a gigantic minuscule game which nobody has yet described. It is that which at this instant, issuing out of a labyrinthine tangle of yeses and nos, makes my hand run along a certain path on the paper, mark it with these volutes that are signs: a double snap, up and down, between two levels of energy, guides this hand of mine to impress on the paper this dot, here, this one."

-- Primo Levi

#Running Quotes #Writing Quotes #Cells Quotes

“We have put the Cold War behind us. We no longer count our divisions and our warheads. And I am Russia's first civilian defense minister in many centuries. We have become more pragmatic.”
“Understand this: we are both tiny and massive. We are nothing more than molded clay given breath, but we are nothing less than divine self-portraits, huffing and puffing along the mountain ranges of epic narrative arcs prepared for us by the Infinite Word Himself.”

Source : N. D. Wilson (2013). “Death by Living: Life Is Meant to Be Spent”, p.6, Thomas Nelson Inc
“I've been drawing since I was about 3 and I come from a family of artists.”
“Life is given to us, we earn it by giving it.”
“We like to know the weakness of eminent persons; it consoles us for our inferiority.”
“The only way a kid is going to practise is if it's total fun for him... and it was for me.”
“Human sexuality has been regulated and shaped by men to serve men's needs.”

Source : Ana Castillo (1995). “Massacre of the Dreamers: Essays on Xicanisma”, Plume Books
“It’s impossible to say who has guns in Gaza anymore. The ballots are the only thing that can stop the violence at this point.”

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