"I have survived by representing these sufferings of mine in the form of the novel."

-- Kenzaburo Oe

#Suffering Quotes #Form Quotes #Novel Quotes

“There are only two stories: either you go forward or you die.”

Source : John Darnielle (2014). “Wolf in White Van: A Novel”, p.157, Macmillan
“of all the weapons of destruction that man could invent, the most terrible-and the most powerful-was the word. Daggers and spears left traces of blood; arrows could be seen at a distance. Poisons were detected in the end and avoided. But the word managed to destroy without leaving clues.”
“There was a time, right up until the end of the Second World War and beyond, when white people in Europe thought that they basically owned the world and that everybody else was a sort of servant, or a curiosity, or whatever. And that informed 99 percent of the photographic practice that was done. Without being able to address that, I felt I would have failed in my attempt to explain what the urge to document is.”

Source : Source: www.guernicamag.com
“Man is the only animal that when you pat him on the head, his head swells up.”
“I think the inspiration came from the fans. Whenever I'm online or whenever I get a chance to really communicate with the fans and the audience, they always say that they would love to have all of the remixes on one CD.”
“Everybody will say that they're not opposed to immigration; they're opposed to illegal immigration. That's what I'm saying.”
“I've just been livin' a normal life, going shopping, going out, gettin' pissed. I keep sitting on my arse doing nothing.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“I leaned right over to kiss your stoney book A little jealous of the ships with whom you flirt A billion lovers with their cameras Snap to look and in my fantasy I sail beneath your skirt”

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