"To be an honest writer, you have to be away from home, and totally alone in life."

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Source : Miguel Syjuco (2010). “Ilustrado: A Novel”, p.14, Macmillan

Miguel Syjuco

#Home Quotes #Away From Home Quotes #Honest Quotes

“I'd always believed that a life of quality, enjoyment, and wisdom were my human birthright and would be automatically bestowed upon me as time passed. I never suspected that I would have to learn how to live - that there were specific disciplines and ways of seeing the world I had to master before I could awaken to a simple, happy, uncomplicated life.”
“"Chaunt in his ear delusions magical, That he may fight the horses of the sea." The Druids took them to their mystery, And chaunted for three days.”
“Have faith in God; God has faith in you.”
“Survivors are cooperators. In order to survive in anything we need others to cooperate with or partner with.”
“No matter how dreary and gray our homes are, we people of flesh and blood would rather live there than in any other country, be it ever so beautiful. There is no place like home.”

Source : L. Frank Baum “The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz”, Lulu.com
“The biggest edge I live on is directing. That's the most scary, dangerous thing you can do in your life,”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Strange! that what is enjoyed without pleasure cannot be discontinued without pain!”
“The world's a rollercoaster and I am not strapped in. Maybe I should hold with care, but my hands are busy in the air.”

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