"Of course you have memories, and these memories are convincing. But it's really at the moment when I write them down - when I write about my relationship with that Japanese boy in Ni d'Eve, Ni d'Adam - that they reach a degree of reality which is incandescent, that I've really conquered a story, understood it and feel that it is really part of me."

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Source : "The outsider" by Richard Lea, www.theguardian.com. June 16, 2008.

Amelie Nothomb

#Memories Quotes #Writing Quotes #Boys Quotes

“Coming into the business, you'd pass through these little agencies until you got to understand what was happening in the business, unless you were really able to have a style strong enough to go directly to the publishers.”
“The sport of horse racing which, at its best, showcases the majestic beauty of this animal and the athleticism of jockeys, has reached an alarming level of corruption and exploitation.”
“The aim of preaching is not the elucidation of a subject, but the transformation of a person. Our task is the sharing of intense faith and experience.”

Source : "Religion: Go Ye and Relax?". content.time.com. April 20, 1953.
“All I plead with you is this: make love of your self perfect”
“I think there's something great and generic about goldfish. They're everybody's first pet.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Sticks and stones may break bones, but the Gat will kill you quicker.”
“In order for an act to be a crime, libertarians say, someone must be harmed - there must be a victim. Anything that's peaceful, voluntary, and honest should be tolerated regardless of whether we agree with it. Part of the price of our own freedom is allowing others to be free.”
“If we could build an economy that would use things rather than use them up, we could build a future.”

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