"I also know there are timeless waters, endless seas, and lots of people in this world whose names don't matter to anyone but themselves. I look up at the sky and I see you there."

-- Edwidge Danticat

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“I want to write more books, see my first novel made into a film, fight more campaigns, work in more countries. I want to be able to recall experiences that have endured for their pleasure and range and intensity.”

Source : "How I got happy and stayed grumpy" by Alastair Campbell, www.theguardian.com. January 6, 2012.
“In societies where coolness and being cool is a top priority, the religious replace the word 'religious' with 'spiritual' to make their faiths seem less extreme.”
“I'm actually not an exhibitionist at all. When you get onstage and you get under the lights playing music, I feel more hidden and more alone than anywhere else. You hide behind your music and let your emotions come out through the music.”
“Decaffeinated coffee is kind of like kissing your sister.”
“I know that in my past I was young and irresponsible - but that's what growing up is. You learn from your mistakes.”
“There is -- in world affairs -- a steady course to be followed between an assertion of strength that is truculent and a confession of helplessness that is cowardly.”
“You know, I did not like being famous. It was a stressful and ugly time, and I'm glad it's over.”
“Fashion is such an octopus. You're connected to so many people: suppliers, pattern makers, production teams, marketing teams, vendors.”

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