"A literary creation can appeal to us in all sorts of ways-by its theme, subject, situations, characters. But above all it appeals to us by the presence in it of art. It is the presence of art in Crime and Punishment that moves us deeply rather than the story of Raskolnikov's crime."

-- Boris Pasternak

#Art Quotes #Moving Quotes #Reading Quotes

“Once the concentration camps and the hell-holes of the world were in darkness. Now they are lit by the light of the Amnesty candle; the candle in barbed wire. When I first lit the Amnesty candle, I had in mind the old Chinese proverb: 'Better light a candle than curse the darkness.'”
“Theyâ€™re nothing more than domestic terrorists.”
“Without the gift of flowers and the infinite diversity of their fruits, man and bird, if they had continued to exist at all, would be today unrecognizable.”
“I think America has a bad rap right now... and hopefully Obama will change that.”
“The enemy of science is not religion... . The true enemy is the substitution of thought, reflection, and curiosity with dogma.”

Source : Frans de Waal (2013). “The Bonobo and the Atheist: In Search of Humanism Among the Primates”, p.84, W. W. Norton & Company
“I think that it's always more interesting to combine familiar sounds together in a new way and with newer sounds if you can make it work, rather than sticking to just one style too strictly.”
“When I came to know theater, drama became valuable to me.”
“I stand by my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement.”

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