"Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction."

-- Joshua Foer

#Fiction Quotes #Crafts Quotes #Way Quotes

“My life has been a bit special, this is true. I participated in the liberation of my country. I was one of the organisers of its struggle for liberation. I likewise actively participated in all the struggles for liberation.”

Source : "For Ahmed Ben Bella, the liberation of the people in the South is still unachieved". Interview with Silvia Cattori, www.voltairenet.org. May 9, 2006.
“I knew [Eva Braun] wrote to [Adolf Hitler], I would see her writing to him and I would see her reading his notes or letters. She kept all that in a safe at the Berghof and nobody got near that safe except Hitler or Eva.”
“Speedwork is terribly overrated! I remember talking to runners after distance races and someone is sure to say they were able to run fast off base work with no speed work at all. The truth is speedwork doesn't work. Lots of miles, and then fast miles gets you there much quicker than speed work.”

Source : Interview with Mick Grant, John Molvar, www.youthrunner.com. January 12, 2011.
“It's a funny place, this world. Hate has rights. Love has none.”
“Lukewarm people do not live by faith; their lives are structured so that they don't have to.”
“At every moment of our lives, we all have one foot in a fairy tale and the other in the abyss.”
“What distinguishes modern art from the art of other ages is criticism.”
“This team [England] has some of the best players in England”

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