"How shall the murdered man convince his assassin he will not haunt him."

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Source : Malcolm Lowry (2012). “Under the Volcano: A Novel”, p.105, Open Road Media

Malcolm Lowry

#Men Quotes #Assassins Quotes #Convince Quotes

“What kind of art do I want to make? What do I stand for? What inspires me? And then to have people in return respond to that... I think that's the greatest thing because throughout dancing, I'm always looking for that.”
“Artists are looking for a new modernity that would be based on translation: What matters today is to translate the cultural values of cultural groups and to connect them to the world network. This â€œreloading processâ€ of modernism according to the twenty-first-century issues could be called altermodernism, a movement connected to the creolisation of cultures and the fight for autonomy, but also the possibility of producing singularities in a more and more standardized world.”
“The Little House was very happy as she sat on the hill and watched the countryside around her. She watched the sun rise in the morning and she watched the sun set in the evening. Day followed day, each one a little different from the one before . . . but the Little House stayed just the same.”

Source : Virginia Lee Burton (2002). “Mike Mulligan and More: A Virginia Lee Burton Treasury”, p.72, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I know I am made from this earth, as my mother's hands were made from this earth, as her dreams came from this earth and all that I know, I know in this earth, the body of the bird, this pen, this paper, these hands, this tongue speaking, all that I know speaks to me through this earth.”

Source : Susan Griffin (2016). “Woman and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her”, p.164, Counterpoint
“No one will argue that writing is an easy profession. Getting someone to pay you for your words isnâ€™t easy. But there are strategies you can use to simplify the process and transform what you can produce.”
“Within the character of the citizen, lies the welfare of the nation.”
“You have to appreciate every single day that you're alive. Life is a little bit like a garden - you have to find time to plant the seeds for beautiful flowers to grow.”
“You will need to find your passion. Don't give up on finding it because then all you're doing is waiting for the Reaper.”

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