"An intellectuals weapon is writing, but sometimes people react as if it were a firearm. A writer can do a lot to change the situation, but as far as I know, no dictatorship has fallen because of a sonnet."

-- Mario Benedetti

#Writing Quotes #People Quotes #Weapons Quotes

“In what will survive me I am in harmony with my annihilation.”
“The world is our school for spiritual discovery.”
“Those who do not have imaginary conversations do not love.”

Source : Josephine Hart (1999). “The Stillest Day”, Overlook Books
“You may have made a lot of wrong choices, but youâ€™ve also made a lot of choices that were right. Focus on your good qualities. Focus on your victories. Get off the treadmill of guilt.”
“No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.”
“It is in the power of every individual to do that which the community as a whole is powerless to effect.”
“When I was maybe like, under 10 years old, I was kind of like a maniac.”
“My favorite sign says, 'I care about you.' In a culture that trains people to avoid each other's gaze, to say 'Let them die,' that is a deeply radical statement.”

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