"I like literature that you respond to in some way. You laugh, you cry, you turn the light on - that's great, it's eliciting a response by proxy."

-- Joanne Harris

#Light Quotes #Laughing Quotes #Way Quotes

“In any society, the artist has a responsibility. His effectiveness is certainly limited and a painter or writer cannot change the world. But they can keep an essential margin of non-conformity alive. Thanks to them the powerful can never affirm that everyone agrees with their acts. That small difference is important.”
“For a fledging democratic system to succeed, we need citizens who understand the procedures, believe in democratic rules and get personally involved.”
“Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which the obvious is overlooked as a matter of principle.”
“'He means well' is useless unless he does well.”
“The more efficient you are at doing the wrong thing, the wronger you become. It is much better to do the right thing wronger than the wrong thing righter. If you do the right thing wrong and correct it, you get better.”
“She yanked my plate away and took it to the sink. She rinsed some bones that looked like pork shoulder, which was weird since we'd had chicken tonight.”
“Somehow, our sense of justice never turns in its sleep till long after the sense of injustice in others has been thoroughly aroused.”
“I always liked stories that carry on and have a different format from the normal music video.”

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