"To have loved, to have been made happy thus, / What better fate has life in store for us?"

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Source : Arthur Symons (1924). “The collected works of Arthur Symons”

Arthur Symons

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“I'm a little skeptical of so-called narco fiction, I have to say, though some writers I admire may have written some narco fiction. You feel the dread and the atmosphere in Yuri Herrera's extraordinary novels, but you'd never say that what he writes is narco fiction. The same goes for Martin Solares's novels, inspired by the nightmare city of Tampico, where he's from. Valeria Luiselli, Ãlvaro Enrigue, I know that they're deeply affected by what goes on in Mexico, but their wonderful writing points in another direction, though not necessarily always and only.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“There is but one evil, ignorance.”
“No obstacle is so big that one person with determination can't make a difference.”

Source : Twitter post from Dec 15, 2016
“Set up your study or picture in an orderly fashion. This order should not cramp either the linearist or the colorist... Never lose sight of that first impression by which you were moved.”
“After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem - which is usually off limits for tourists.”
“The key to my collections is sensuality.”
“Design is about point of view, and there should be some sort of woman or lifestyle or attitude in one's head as a designer.”

Source : Interview with Evan Lysacek, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 19, 2010.
“You smile upon your friend to-day, To-day his ills are over; You hearken to the lover's say, And happy is the lover. 'Tis late to hearken, late to smile, But better late than never: I shall have lived a little while Before I die for ever.”

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