"Appeals to the past are among the commonest of strategies in interpretations of the present."

-- Edward Said

#Past Quotes #Strategy Quotes #Interpretation Quotes

“Most people won't realise that writing is a craft. You have to take your apprenticeship in it like anything else.”
“Diabetes is a disease that's had a deep impact on my family. My little brother has had type 1 diabetes since he was a baby and I have spent time learning about the disease and trying to bring attention to it so that one day soon we will reach a cure.”
“It wasnâ€™t that strangers couldnâ€™t hurt you. It was simply that the people you loved could do it so much better.”
“There`s a division in most major police departments called, `Special Victims Unit,` which is what sex crimes are euphemistically called. They`re considered the most heinous crimes, when not only do you violate somebody, but you violate them sexually. So it`s an elite squad that takes care of that.”
“Love is the one thing on which you should never compromise”
“Without invention nothing is well-spaced.”
“Every day is a good day to be alive, whether the sun's shining or not.”
“Let your heart become so saturated with love that you are able to ride the waves of change with equipoise, and find new meaning in everything that happens.”

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