"The greatest religions convert the world through stories."

-- Ben Okri

#Stories Quotes #World Quotes #Converting Quotes

“Sex, like art, can unsettle a soul, can grind a heart in a mortar. Sex, like literature, can sneak the other within one's wall, even if only for a moment, a moment before one immures oneself again.”

Source : Rabih Alameddine (2014). “An Unnecessary Woman”, p.38, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“I always felt like I had the word "illegal" tattooed on my forehead.”

Source : "A Minute With: Filmmaker Jose Antonio Vargas on being 'undocumented'". Interview with Eric Kelsey, www.reuters.com. June 25, 2014.
“It is always by way of pain one arrives at pleasure.”

Source : Marquis de Sade “Philosophy in the Bedroom: An Erotic Novel”, Library of Alexandria
“The dictator can be removed in a day, but it can take years to stamp out the lingering remnants of his dictatorship”

Source : "The Dregs of Dictatorship". www.nytimes.com. February 8, 2012.
“I'm happy because I got another medal. It's a competition and it's ice and anything can happen.”
“Look, I'm not ready for you," Min said. "I'm not prepared. I don't have any defenses when you're around. I make these plans and I mean it, I really do, and then I kiss you because I'm crazy about you which would be fine if I didn't fall in love with you but there that is, just standing there, and you know it, you know you've got me.”
“People always want to have ownership and decision-making and autonomy.”

Source : "The 'Fast-Food' Computer Company". Interview with Joel Kurtzman, www.strategy-business.com. October 1, 1996.
“"Utter truth is essential, and that is what stirs me when I look through the camera."”

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