"In general, I think every novel is a political novel, in that every novel is an argument about how the world works, who has power, who has a voice, what we should care about. But political novels can be boringly polemical if they end up being too black and white, too one dimensional, like war is bad, killing people is wrong."

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Micah Perks

#War Quotes #Black And White Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Unlike lions and dogs, we are a dissenting animal. We need to dissent in the same way that we need to travel, to make money, to keep a record of our time on earth and in dream, and to leave a permanent mark. Dissension is a drive, like those drives.”

Source : Carol Bly (1988). “Letters from the Country”, HarperCollins
“The Sixth Army, true to their oath and conscious of the lofty importance of their mission, have held their position to the last man and the last round for FÃ¼hrer and Fatherland unto the end.”

Source : "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" by William Lawrence Shirer, (p. 931), 1990.
“I'd say to any woman, get out of that bad relationship that's turning you into a shell of your former self. Learn from it and get out. Then wait; enjoy yourself and your friends because, when what you want comes along, you'll spot it.”
“The only true failure is failure to try.”
“Use your head, Sep. Loads of wolverines. Hanging around waiting for super. Gtting excited. eating mint blasts. so what do you think they do?' it must be here. they can't have eaten that... i dunno, Nik, what do they do?' POO.”
“No power from above can make one human love another. Love comes from within the heart. (Julian)”
“People who wear fur smell like a wet dog if they're in the rain. And they look fat and gross.”
“I usually feel something before I know it.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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