"Illuminated by the same joyful curiosity and erudition, lyric writing, and plain love of life that made a classic of Archie Carr's The Windward Road."

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Peter Matthiessen

#Writing Quotes #Love Life Quotes #Curiosity Quotes

“The reason one writes isn't the fact he wants to say something. He writes because he has something to say.”
“Shah is a kind of magic word with the Persian people.”
“It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that.”
“At heart, we're all violent raging wolves, but in our actions we can be pacifists.”
“I do still get the odd fan letter about The Good Life, clearly written by somebody aged 18, who says: Will you send a photograph? And I think: Maybe it's kinder not to. I'm deeply into my 50s now.”
“I tell you the truth: if I lived in a country where there was no day appointed for elections, I would become a revolutionary, if not a terrorist. And that is because I love liberty too much; without liberty a man is not a man. He has no dignity.”
“Because society places a value on masculinity, gay men aspire to it. If you go to a gay club and the doorman says, 'You do realise this is a gay club, don't you lads?' you get all excited because you think, 'Wow, he thought I was straight!'”
“Zimbabwe, once the breadbasket of Africa, is now its dust bowl.”

Source : "The Genocide in Democratic South Africa". www.wnd.com. January 19, 2007.

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