"If the Irish programme did not insist on the Irish language I suppose I could call myself a nationalist. As it is, I am content torecognize myself an exile: and, prophetically, a repudiated one."

-- James Joyce

#Politics Quotes #Language Quotes #Exile Quotes

“Don't write it right, just write it, and then make it right later.”
“This is courage in a man: to bear unflinchingly what heaven sends.”
“Do you wish to grow in grace and be a holy Christian? Then never forget the value of prayer.”
“An ethic isn't a fact you can look up. It's a way of thinking.”
“I will just create, and if it works, it works, and if it doesn't, I'll create something else. I don't have any limitations on what I think I could do or be.”
“I find that when I tell lawyer jokes to a mixed audience, the lawyers don't think they're funny and the non-lawyers don't think they're jokes.”
“I'd crack up without my music. It's the best company you can have, really. It don't say 'no' or 'maybe,' or ask no questions.”
“I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love.”

Source : "Leslie Fiedler Dies at 85; Provocative Literary Critic" by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, www.nytimes.com. January 31, 2003.

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