"[T]he German censorship forbade or mutilated my every book, which was like sticking pins into my soul..."

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Israel Zangwill

#Book Quotes #Soul Quotes #Censorship Quotes

“Lord, let me write, leave me autistic and typing until my windows bust into a thousand silver doves and I know the poem is done.”
“I have crossed over to a place where I never thought Iâ€™d be. I am someone I would have never imagined. A secret. A dream. I am this, body and soul. Burn me. Drown me. Tell me lies. I will still be who I am.”
“Just looking at each other is something really moving to me, more so than the nudity.”
“Everything I do is a matter of heart, body and soul.”

Source : "Donna Karan Creates Capsule Collection for Rent the Runway" by Lauren Levinson, www.elle.com. February 11, 2013.
“Is your money that good, will it buy you forgiveness?”
“Young man, if I could remember the names of these particles, I would have been a botanist.”
“I don't know how to lead but by example.”
“The true authenticity of photographs for me is that they usually manipulate and lie about what is in front of the camera, but never lie about the intentions behind the camera.”

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