"If you don't like someone's story, write your own. If you don't like what somebody says, say what it is you don't like."

-- Chinua Achebe

#Writing Quotes #Stories Quotes #Write Your Own Quotes

“The poet's perspective of life, the musician's sense of harmony, the artist's eye of proportion and relationships ~ these are all shared by healers, especially the herbal healer who works with plants, which are the pure creative expression of nature and the healing process.”
“When you grow up, your heart dies.”

Source : Jaime Clarke, Ally Sheedy (2007). “Don't you forget about me: contemporary writers on the films of John Hughes”, Gallery
“You can't analyze God. He is too awesome, too big, too mysterious,”
“In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny. I wish I had understood Italian”
“In order for romance to deepen, you must touch the heart and mind of your wife before you touch her body.”
“Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.”
“I never go anywhere without my iPod.”
“But it seems to me that if God had intended for you to cover your face then, in His wisdom, He would have provided you with a flap of skin for the purpose.”

Source : YouTube Channel "Pat Condell"/"The Trouble With Islam", www.youtube.com. March 16, 2007.

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