"In the end, you write the book that grabs you by the throat and demands to be written."

-- Salman Rushdie

#Book Quotes #Writing Quotes #Demand Quotes

“I love children. I've always loved children.”
“And on the pedestal these words appear:â€¨ 'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:â€¨ Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' â€¨Nothing beside remains. Round the decayâ€¨ Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bareâ€¨ The lone and level sands stretch far away.”
“I will survive. As long as I know how to love, I know I'll be alive.”
“[Footnote:] The Chameleon's face reminded Aristotle of a Baboon. Aristotle wasn't much of a looker himself.”
“Turn away from your animal kind, try to leave your body, just to live in your mind.”
“Absent opens a door to a view of Iraqi life we have seldom seen. With a compassionate eye Khedairi explores a community, damaged by wars and sanctions, struggling for survival.”
“Nothing is quite as depressing as depression.”
“There are occasions when you can hear the mysterious language of the Earth, in water, or coming through the trees, emanating from the mosses, seeping through the under currents of the soil, but you have to be willing to wait and receive.”

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