"When someone repeatedly insists that something isn't true, it increases the likelihood that it is."

-- Amy Dickinson

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“Literature is a defense against the attacks of life. It says to life: You can't deceive me. I know your habits, foresee and enjoy watching all your reactions, and steal your secret by involving you in cunning obstructions that halt your normal flow.”
“It always gives me a shiver when I see a cat seeing what I can't see.”

Source : Eleanor Farjeon (1963). “Faithful Jenny Dove: And Other Illusions”
“After the thing went off, after it was a sure thing that America could wipe out a city with just one bomb, a scientist turned to Father and said, 'Science has now known sin.' And do you know what Father said? He said, 'What is sin?”
“Tackling malaria in a country like the Central African Republic is a huge uphill battle, and my experiences there have been a healthy dose of reality, fueling my own sense of urgency to do my part in reducing the preventable suffering of the incredible women I met.”

Source : "Fighting Malaria With Nets" by Mandy Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 7, 2011.
“As for documentary, it was a natural progression from my earlier career in journalism. The two media are connected, but of course making films is much more complicated, because you have image, sound and music to work with, not simply words.”
“Look not to yourselves! You are by nature wretched, miserable, poor, blind and naked. Look simply unto Jesus.”
“The lights must never go out, The music must always play”

Source : W.H. Auden (2016). “Canción de cuna y otros poemas”, p.159, DEBOLS!LLO
“I like poems that affect me emotionally and also provoke me to further, deeper thought. I enjoy challenge, but not, I think, for its own sake.”

Source : "Poetry As a Way of Thinking: An Interview with James Arthur". Interview with Emilia Phillips, www.32poems.com.

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