"As writers, it is our job not only to imagine, but to witness."

-- Dani Shapiro

#Jobs Quotes #Imagine Quotes #Witness Quotes

“He's no failure. He's not dead yet.”
“Unexpressed good thoughts aren't worth squat!”
“A perfect life is like that of a ship of war which has its own place in the fleet and can share in its strength and discipline, but can also go forth alone in the solitude of the infinite sea. We ought to belong to society, to have our place in it, and yet be capable of a complete individual existence outside of it.”

Source : Philip Gilbert Hamerton (1875). “The Intellectual Life”, p.325
“The Creed of the Assassin Brotherhood teaches us that nothing is forbidden to us. Once, I thought that meant we were free to do as we would. To pursue our ideals, no matter the cost. I understand now. Not a grant of permission. The Creed is a warning.”

Source : "Assassin's Creed: Unity". Video Game, www.imdb.com. 2014.
“When some people rejoin with â€œAll Lives Matterâ€ they misunderstand the problem, but not because their message is untrue. It is true that all lives matter, but it is equally true that not all lives are understood to matter which is precisely why it is most important to name the lives that have not mattered, and are struggling to matter in the way they deserve.”
“If the love of God really reigns in your heart, it will show itself in the exterior.”

Source : Catherine McAuley (2017). “A Shining Lamp: The Oral Instructions of Catherine McAuley”, p.179, CUA Press
“It was my 16th birthday-my mom and dad gave me my Goya classical guitar that day. I sat down, wrote this song, and I just knew that that was the only thing I could ever really do-write songs and sing them to people. ... Everything on this record is what I really wanted to say, and I'm back to being the poet I always thought I was. ... For 70 nights, right across America, I've been getting out there with two ex-lovers and we've been playing songs which are so specific about each of us, you just wouldn't know. We're friends now but we can't forget what happened between us.”
“All you have to do is put on the Bettie Bangs and everybody automatically knows what it means.”

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