"Was not writing poetry a secret transaction, a voice answering a voice?"

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Virginia Woolf

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“The sky aft was dark as pitch, but the moon still shone brightly ahead of us and lit up the blackness. Beneath its sheen a huge white-topped breaker, twenty feet high or more, was rushing on to us. It was on the break-the moon shone on its crest and tipped its foam with light. On it rushed beneath the inky sky, driven by the awful squall behind it.”
“The map had been the first form of misdirection, for what is a map but a way of emphasizing some things and making other things invisible?”

Source : Jeff VanderMeer (2014). “Annihilation: A Novel”, p.66, Macmillan
“Americans are poorly served by their media, you know, for the war machine and propaganda machine and the global empire and they're poorly served by what they are being told is representative government.”
“Everybody seems to be imprisoned in their own sectarian or political affiliations. They don't seem to be able to rise above these things.”
“Liverpool's grand opera also gave us some light comedy - on hearing the news that the house of goalkeeper Pepe Reina was burgled, and his Porsche stolen, while he was heroically saving penalties at Anfield, fans took a typically witty line: police were said to be interviewing a man from the West London area, a certain Frank Lampard, whose whereabouts on Tuesday between 7.45pm and 10.15pm are unknown. Indeed.”
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day and I definitely have a hearty breakfast before I do anything.”

Source : "The 7-Day Lean Challenge, Day 1: Have a Hearty Breakfast" by Kathy Freston, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 17, 2012.
“I love the fact that I work with everything that has to do with the brand, the product, the environment, the online, the architecture, the web design, because I am somebody that loves making things, making experiences, creating things that people love to engage with.”

Source : Source: www.theblondesalad.com
“The big thing is to make this country... quit discriminating against people just because they're gay. You don't have to agree with it, but they have a constitutional right to be gay. ... They're American citizens.”

Source : "Barry Goldwater's Left Turn". Interview with Lloyd Grove, www.washingtonpost.com. July 28, 1994.

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