"I am not writing in metaphors. I am writing about catastrophes."

-- Aharon Appelfeld

#Writing Quotes #Metaphor Quotes #Catastrophe Quotes

“You should visit before you pass judgment on a place.”
“You kids shouldn't play so rough . . . somebody's gonna start crying.”
“Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates.”
“I was on the verge of tears, so I turned and ran past the trailer and along the field road until I was safely out of their sight. Then I ducked into the cotton and waited for friendly voices. I sat on the hot ground, surrounded by stalks four feet tall, and I cried, something I really hated to do.”
“Any fool can see the limits of seeing, but not even the wisest know the limits of knowing. Thus is ignorance rendered invisible, and are all Men made fools.”

Source : R. Scott Bakker (2012). “The White-Luck Warrior: Book Two”, p.294, The Overlook Press
“There are worries that seem to me sustained by the love of worry. For example, that people are reading from screens, or listening to recorded books. Why scold the impulse to enjoy language and narrative in whatever form it takes?”
“Of course children benefit from positive feedback. But praise and rewards are not the only methods of reinforcement. More emphasisshould be place on appreciation--reinforcement related explicitly and directly to the content of the child's interest and efforts.”
“The problem with drugs is that people forget to stop doing them. Thereâ€™s a time and a place for everything, Mr. Mackey, and itâ€™s called college.”

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