"When the lives and the rights of children are at stake, there Â must be no silent witnesses."

-- Carol Bellamy

#Children Quotes #Rights Quotes #Silent Quotes

“Bernard [Leach] was, as I said , trained as a painter and an etcher.”
“When you're a writer and you're a producer, traditionally the junkets are really focused on the beautiful people and nobody wants to talk to you.”
“And I have been able to establish this sort of decent reputation as being a decent character actor.”
“I'm whispering so that the media doesn't hear me.”
“The more you let yourself go, the less others let you go.”
“I didn't want to be the monster! I didn't want to kill this room full of harmless children! I didn't want to lose everything I'd gained in a lifetime of sacrifice and denial!”
“I'm a terrible drummer. I can tune 'em pretty good, but I'm a pretty bad drummer.”

Source : "Burning Airlines". Interview with Camilo Arturo Leslie, pitchfork.com. February 1, 2001.
“One of the best things about writing is how it redeems, not to mention recycles, all of one's prior experiences, including or perhaps especially the failures.”

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