"It was only later that I suffocated under the weight of his arguments, and his darker thoughts articulated. It was only later that our tongues produced landslides, that we become caught in the cracks between what we said and what we meant, until we could not find each other, did not trust the words in our own mouths."

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Source : Hannah Kent (2013). “Burial Rites”, p.152, Pan Macmillan

Hannah Kent

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“We do not ask more of the wealthy to punish success; we do it to create more successÂ stories.”

Source : "NY mayor plans to address social inequity". "AM" with Michael Vincent, www.abc.net.au. January 2, 2014.
“Great souls endure in silence.”

Source : Friedrich Schiller (1861). “Complete works. Ed. with careful rev. and new tr., by C.J. Hempel”, p.295
“If all the world's a stage and all the people players, who in bloody hell hired the director?”
“Look at the animals roaming the forest: Godâ€™s spirit dwells within them. Look at the birds flying across the sky: Godâ€™s spirit dwells within them. Look at the tiny insects crawling in the grass: Godâ€™s spirit dwells within them. Look at the fish in the river and seaâ€¦.There is no creature on earth in whom God is absentâ€¦ his breath had brought every creature to lifeâ€¦ Godâ€™s spirit is present within plant as well. The presence of Godâ€™s spirit in all living things is what makes them beautiful; and if we look with Godâ€™s eyes, nothing on earth is ugly.”
“An adventure is never an adventure when it happens. An adventure is simply physical and emotional discomfort recollected in tranquility.”
“We're all assigned a piece of the garden, a corner of the universe that is ours to transform.”
“It is naive to think that self-assertiveness is easy. To live self-assertively--which means to live authentically--is an act of high courage. That is why so many people spend the better part of their lives in hiding--from others and also from themselves.”
“I started as a print reporter.”

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