"I'm working on a nonfiction book on Nepal and a novel about diasporas."

-- Louise Brown

#Book Quotes #Diaspora Quotes #Nonfiction Quotes

“I am a big fan of photography, more of being behind the camera - so when I get the opportunity to work with such great photographers, I always try and learn from their technique.”
“Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.”
“Brothers don't shake hands, brothers gotta HUG!!!”
“When you win a championship, it is a great feeling, and you really don't want that feeling to go away.”
“After you have been unfair to him he will love you again, but he will never afterwards be quite the same boy. No one ever gets over the first unfairness; no one except Peter.”
“Be authentic to your dreams. Be authentic to your own idea about yourself. Grind away at your own minds and bodies until you become your own invention. Be Mad Scientists.”
“I don't like political poetry, and I don't write it. If this question was pointing towards that, I think it is missing the point of the American tradition, which is always apolitical, even when the poetry comes out of politically active writers.”
“Compassion can be roughly defined in terms of a state of mind that is nonviolent, nonharming, and nonaggressive. It is a mental attitude based on the wish for others to be free of their suffering and is associated with a sense of commitment, responsibility, and respect towards others.”

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