"We do not receive wisdom, we must discover it for ourselves, after a journey through the wilderness which no one else can make for us, which no one can spare us, for our wisdom is the point of view from which we come at last to regard the world."

-- Marcel Proust

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“All this stuff - about the materiality of the network, what it's made of, and how it works - should be part of a basic media literacy, because we depend on this technology for more and more aspects of our day-to-day lives.”
“Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest fields, See how these names are fÃªted in the waving grass And by the streamers of the white cloud And whispers of the wind in the listening sky. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's centre. Born of the sun, they travelled a short while toward the sun And left the vivid air signed with their honour.”
“In a movie like this, the relationship between the two guys is crucial. It sinks or swims on how these two guys are together. I think we did a good job.”
“What made me want to become a recording artist; I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to record with them. That label was Def Jam Records.”
“Romance novels satisfy a very specific fantasy of romantic love that seems to be a powerful part of the female psyche.”

Source : "Wickedly Savage Passions". Interview with Melissa Mia Hall, www.publishersweekly.com. February 23, 2004.
“If they come for me in the morning, they will come for you in the night.”

Source : "Nigerian authors condemn country's new anti-gay law" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. February 27, 2014.
“Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you.”

Source : "Zadie Smith's rules for writers". www.theguardian.com. February 22, 2010.
“Misty of Chincoteague', 'The Black Stallion', the 'Saddle Club' books, I read 'em all. I was horse-crazy.”

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