"I'm a discursive thinker, so quotation has played an active role in the structure and content of my books from the beginning."

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Source : "True Lovers are as Rare as True Rebels". The Believer interview, logger.believermag.com. October 24, 2013.

Masha Tupitsyn

#Book Quotes #Roles Quotes #Structure Quotes

“I'm writing this book because we're all going to die.”
“Regardless of what you play, the biggest thing is keeping the feel going.”
“We are better pleased to see those on whom we confer benefits than those from whom we receive them.”
“It is always a great pleasure, and surprise, when you happen on just the perfect place in which to plant some special treasure.”
“If you look at history, even recent history, you see that there is indeed progress. . . . Over time, the cycle is clearly, generally upwards. And it doesn't happen by laws of nature. And it doesn't happen by social laws. . . . It happens as a result of hard work by dedicated people who are willing to look at problems honestly, to look at them without illusions, and to go to work chipping away at them, with no guarantee of success â€” in fact, with a need for a rather high tolerance for failure along the way, and plenty of disappointments.”
“Luke warm people are continually concerned with playing it safe; they are slaves to the god of control. This focus on safe living keeps them from sacrificing and risking for God.”
“I want justice to be upheld. I want all-out diplomacy.”
“Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.”

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