"Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right."

-- Anne Lamott

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“It cannot be denied that Islam, regarded as an ethical ideal plus a certain kind of polity - by which expression I mean a social structure regulated by a legal system and animated by a specific ethical ideal - has been the chief formative factor in the life-history of the Muslims of India. It has furnished those basic emotions and loyalties which gradually unify scattered individuals and groups, and finally transform them into a well-defined people, possessing a moral consciousness of their own.”
“I wouldn't dream of selling my work. I give them to friends, to charities.”
“My present and most fixed opinion regarding the nature of alcoholic fermentation is this: The chemical act of fermentation is essentially a phenomenon correlative with a vital act, beginning and ending with the latter. I believe that there is never any alcoholic fermentation without their being simultaneously the organization, development, multiplication of the globules, or the pursued, continued life of globules which are already formed.”
“We're under some gross misconception that we're a good species, going somewhere important, and that at the last minute we'll correct our errors and God will smile on us. It's delusion.”
“With all the innovation in music today itâ€™s rare to find someone like Engel writing timeless songs that sound at home in the ribcage of rock n rollâ€™s skeleton.”
“I don't believe I've ever cuddled my elses.”
“A good teacher will appreciate the good qualities of his students. If one good quality is allowed to emerge, a world of good qualities will emerge from that one.”
“I have done what people do, my life makes a reasonable showing. Can I go back to my books now?”

Source : Lynne Sharon Schwartz (2001). “Ruined By Reading: A Life in Books”, p.15, Beacon Press

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