"The capacity you're thinking of is imagination; without it there can be no understanding, indeed no fiction."

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Source : William Trevor (1999). “Death in Summer”, p.144, Penguin

William Trevor

#Thinking Quotes #Imagination Quotes #Understanding Quotes

“I'm always alone. Sad face emoticon.”
“We (sometimes) get so far ahead of (ourselves) instead of living out each day that we forget to really appreciate the moment that we're in - even if it's (temporarily) bad.”
“Why are sex and violence always linked? I'm afraid they'll blur together in people's minds - sexandviolence - until we can't tell them apart. I expect to hear a newscaster say, "The mob became unruly and the police were forced to resort to sex."”
“I am raising my voice as a citizen of the country. I don?t want to enter politics.”
“Authentic faith cannot help but act.”
“God does not require that we be successful only that we be faithful.”
“Father of fathers, make me one, A fit example for a son.”
“I know that man is capable of great deeds. But if he isn't capable of great emotion, well, he leaves me cold.”

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