"But it's the particularity of a place, the physical experience of being in a place, that makes it onto the page. That's why I don't just do library research. I very rarely write about somewhere I haven't been."

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Hari Kunzru

#Writing Quotes #Library Quotes #Pages Quotes

“Everybody in the '80s, well, we hate rap. Now, the biggest rapper in the world... Eminem. Rap's a black thing.”
“The next big thing is the one that makes the last big thing usable.”
“Trudeau has to defend Canadian interests and values. But he has to do it in a way that doesn't say that Trump is stupid or outrageous or completely xenophobic - staying away from the epithets, and restricting his comments to areas where there's either false information, fake news, alternative facts, etcetera, about Canada.”
“No [I'm not a feminist] because I love men, and I think the idea of 'raise women to power, take the men away from the power' is never going to work out because you need balance. With myself, I'm very in touch with my masculine side. And I'm 50 percent feminine and 50 percent masculine, same as I think a lot of us are. And I think that is important to note. And also I think that if men went down and women rose to power, that wouldn't work either. We have to have a fine balance.”
“Because there is a fear of sentimentality, love is not very often addressed - and it is really the one motivation in all of our lives.”
“During World War II, the Nazis put their victims into gas chambers and then incinerated them in ovens. While the Nazis took their victims to the incinerators, those who possess and threaten to use nuclear weapons plan to take these weapons - these portable incinerators - to the victims.”
“I think the NBA players have to be held accountable in a reasonable way, just like any other professionals.”
“True inward quietness ... is not vacancy, but stability - the steadfastness of a single purpose.”

Source : Caroline Emelia Stephen (1908). “Light Arising: Thoughts on the Central Radiance”

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