"I write to breathe life back into memory."

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Source : Bernice L. McFadden, James Frey (2012). “The Warmest December”, p.13, Akashic Books

Bernice L. McFadden

#Memories Quotes #Writing Quotes #Breathe Quotes

“Occasionally, when I run into a great bass backstage at a festival I'll play a few notes on the low E string, just to feel the instrument vibrate against my belly.”
“Having grown up Protestant, I was unfamiliar with St. Francis. Then I watched the movie Brother Sun, Sister Moon... I just became fascinated with the character of St. Francis. What I saw in that movie was a man who had fallen in love with God, someone for whom God was everything.”
“The industry is littered with self-styled purists who believe the business of media.. the requirement to make a profit.. somehow corrupts the craft.”

Source : "Murdoch junior attacks 'snobs'" by Dan Milmo, www.theguardian.com. October 18, 2002.
“I turn you out of doors tenant desire you pay no rent I turn you out of doors all my best rooms are yours the brain and heart depart I turn you out of doors switch off the lights throw water on the fire I turn you out of doors stubborn desire.”
“Yet the wonder of it all is that, while engaged in a seemingly endless struggle, the Israelis have managed to turn a desert into a garden.”
“Surrender yourself to God and be at peace with him.”
“I just wanna learn and I wanna grow. I wanna consume as much information as possible. I wanna be great.”
“I did not share the enthusiasm of certain politicians for the National Front leader, it was because I had noticed, in the past, some strange contradictions between Mossadeq's declared ends and his actions. Officially he defended nationalist anti-colonialism and was the most intransigent patriot who declared that no concessions or advantages should be granted to foreign powers. He described his doctrine as a "negative balance" and in fact his greatest failing was that he was negative.”

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