"I dream of writing a book like LOVERS some day. It is so spare but so rich. It is history made intimate, and a masterpiece of compression."

-- Jhumpa Lahiri

#Dream Quotes #Book Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Most people muddled through events and only in retrospect realized their significance.”

Source : Kate Atkinson (2013). “Life After Life”, p.412, Random House
“Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.”

Source : Russell Baker (1992). “Poor Russell's almanac”
“I thought I was the only one who still enjoyed his record collection, but after reading 'How Records Got Their Groove Back,' I happily discovered I was wrong. There is something familiar about my old vinyl. Call it nostalgia, but I don't care for the 'purity' of CDs. They have no personality! The crackle and pop of the stylus on a record player as you wait for the music to begin creates an anticipation that CDs simply can't provide.”
“I feel that 'man-hating' is an honourable and viable political act, that the oppressed have a right to class-hatred against the class that is oppressing them.”

Source : Robin Morgan (2014). “Going Too Far: The Personal Chronicle of a Feminist”, p.171, Open Road Media
“Thus, gender ideology no only creates ides about femininity but it also shapes conceptions of masculinity.”
“The power of unfulfilled desires is the root of all man's slavery”
“There is a difference between standard of living and quality of life. Quality of life is more important.”
“Who can attain to anything great if he does not feel in himself the force and will to inflict great pain?”

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