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Alexandra Fuller

"The land itself, of course, was careless of its name. It still is. You can call it what you like, fight all the wars you want in its name. Change its name altogether if you like. The land is still unblinking under the African sky. It will absorb white man's blood and the blood of African men, it will absorb blood from slaughtered cattle and the blood from a woman's birthing with equal thirst. It doesn't care."

Source : Cathleen Falsani (2008). “Sin Boldly: A Field Guide for Grace”, p.11, Harper Collins

Alexandra Fuller

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“The truth is lived, not taught....”
“You know, it's ironic to me that Christians want to keep the Ten Commandments in our schools, because Christianity has abrogated four of the Ten Commandments. For example, the Sabbath day according to the Ten Commandments is Saturday, not Sunday. And the reason is because God rested, not because Jesus was resurrected.”
“Poetry is one of the ancient arts, and it began, as did all the fine arts, within the original wilderness of the earth. Also, it began through the process of seeing, and feeling, and hearing, and smelling, and touching, and then remembering--I mean remembering in words--what these perceptual experiences were like, while trying to describe the endless invisible fears and desires of our inner lives.”
“Obviously, everybody's favorite form of web content is more story with principal actors. But the economics of the web do not yet support.”
“What is called liberality is often no more than the vanity of giving, of which some persons are fonder than of what they give.”

Source : Charlotte Lennox (1762). “Sophia”, p.112
“Fair words never hurt the tongue.”

Source : Ben Jonson, George Chapman, John Marston (2014). “Eastward Ho!”, p.84, A&C Black
“I'm going to get down to a still life on a size 50 canvas of rayfish and dogfish with old fishermen's baskets. Then I'm going to turn out a few pictures to send wherever possible, given that now, first and foremost - unfortunately - I have to earn some money.”
“There is no shame in strategic retreat if it lets you remain strong enough to go after the enemy later.”

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