"The messiness [in my books] is nothing like an Atwood novel. For me, the deeper subjects are secrets versus intimacy, and how both beget safety but also threaten it. And there is a lot for me about loss, too."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Edan Lepucki

#Book Quotes #Loss Quotes #Safety Quotes

“A vital film that needed to be made at this point in history and has been made magnificently.”
“But by shining these lights in different places, they really have uncovered things that companies in their own interest are trying to clean up. We're not going to get rid of the realities of global competition. But these companies, like Nike or Gap, have global brands that they want to protect.”
“The persistence of erroneous beliefs exacerbates the widespread anachronistic failure to recognize the urgent problems that face humanity on this planet.”
“A good message will always find a messenger.”

Source : Amelia Barr (2017). “All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography”, p.136, Litres
“All are free to believe or not believe; all are free to practice a faith or not. But those who believe must be free to speak of and act on their belief”
“Between the experience of living a normal life at this moment on the planet and the public narratives being offered to give a sense to that life, the empty space, the gap, is enormous.”
“I'm an independent. I'm a centrist. A new generation is arriving that has grown up with a multiplicity of choice in every aspect of their lives, and yet politics is the last place that they are told that they should be satisfied with a choice between brand A and brand B. It doesn't fit the way they think. It doesn't fit the way they live.”
“Chris Waddle is off the pitch at the moment - exactly the position he is at his most menacing.”

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