"Only what is fated to die is capable of living. Only what dies lives."

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Source : Giannina Braschi, Tess O'Dwyer (1994). “Empire of Dreams”, p.213, Yale University Press

Giannina Braschi

#Capable Quotes

“I finally felt that I came into my own when I went on the stage.”
“So, the point was to be able to have a medium that would record all the connections and all the structures and all the thoughts that paper could not. Since the computer could hold any structure in any form, this was the way to go.”
“He saw all these forms and faces in a thousand relationships become newly born. Each one was mortal, a passionate, painful example of all that is transitory. Yet none of them died, they only changed, were always reborn, continually had a new face: only time stood between one face and another.”
“Good-nature is one of the richest fruits of true Christianity.”
“We need to tell kids flat out: reading is not optional.”
“There isn't a mayor in the world or a president in the world that can stop homicides.”
“People love to see death. It reminds them that however mean, however low, however horrible their lives becomeâ€¦ at least they have one.”
“The only good thing I've ever noticed about money, the only positive aspect of an otherwise pretty vulgar commodity, is that you can use it to buy things.”

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