"The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable."

-- Nadine Gordimer

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“The one thing that unifies men in a given age is not their individual philosophies but the dominant problem that these philosophies are designed to solve.”
“Time spent reading, like time spent loving, increases our lifetime.”

Source : "Why I’ll Read 20 Books Before Bedtime" by Rachael Clarke, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 13, 2014.
“Oprah's got good politics, she's got a good heart, and she'll have us all up Jazzercising at six in the morning. This cannot be a bad thing, and reading a book while we're Jazzercising. So America would be better off if Oprah were president.”
“What is certain is that plurality and diversity are not, and never can be, a natural 'byproduct' of unregulated market forces.”

Source : "News Corporation has sought to undermine elected governments" by David Puttnam, www.theguardian.com. April 28, 2012.
“Government has hardened into a tyrannical monopoly, and the human race in general becomes as absolutely property as beasts in the plow.”
“Every nation must now develop an overriding loyalty to mankind as a whole in order to preserve the best in their individual societies.”
“Cole made a hissing sound. "Are you inside yet? God bless America and all her sons. What is taking you so long?" The front door was locked. "Here, talk to Grace" "Mommy isn't going to give a different answer than Daddy," Cole said, but I handed her the phone anyway.”
“The brain, is the most complex thing we have yet discovered in our universe.”

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