"I don't ever think about the utility of fiction. I don't believe in it or certainly don't require anybody to consider it. A novel or short story might be useful to a reader in all kinds of ways, many of which no writer would ever foresee, which is a good thing."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Francisco Goldman

#Believe Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Kind Quotes

“I enjoy Saturday night racing.”
“The difference between good and bad cookery can scarcely be more strikingly shown than in the manner in which sauces are prepared and served. If well made....they prove that both skill and taste have been exerted in its arrangements. When coarsely or carelessly prepared....they greatly discredit the cook.”
“Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.”
“Each soul must meet the morning sun, the new sweet earth and the Great Silence alone.”

Source : Charles Alexander Eastman (2003). “The Soul of the Indian”, p.12, Courier Corporation
“All of the press and stuff - that's the scary stuff. The acting is what I got trained to do.”
“Things that feel super personal actually feel really universal. It's sort of the more you really identify something specific within yourself, the more people connect to it because ultimately we are all connected in some way.”
“Nature always strikes back. It takes all the running we can do to remain in the same place.”
“The failure of the United Nations - My failure is maybe, in retrospective, that I was not enough aggressive with the members of the Security Council.”

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