"Anything in literature, including memory, is second-hand,"

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Source : "Herta Müller: a life in books". Interview with Maya Jaggi, www.theguardian.com. November 30, 2012.

Herta Muller

#Memories Quotes #Hands Quotes #Literature Quotes

“Just as no one is morally required to answer a robber truthfully when he asks if there are any valuables in oneâ€™s house, so no one can be morally required to answer truthfully similar questions asked by the State, e.g., when filling out income tax returns.”
“My agency tells me I am rare because I sing, do movie trailers, and do cartoons too. I like that because it gives me variety in jobs. I don't just sit and do movie trailers, and I don't just do cartoons either. I can do both, and I feel very fortunate for that.”
“People told me I'd have to deal more with losing at this level. I understood that, but I didn't want to start accepting losses.”
“We need spirited, energetic and strong young people whose hearts are filled with life, enthusiasm, zeal and dynamism; whose souls are full of ambition, aspiration and vigor and have great goals, rising and aspiring to reach them until they eventually arrive at their destination.”
“I have no regrets, none whatsoever.”
“Method rules his training, which blends the physical with the mental. How many chess masters put in, prior to an important match, an allotted time daily to bicycling and shadow-boxing, followed by a cold douche and a brisk rub down?”
“Man is the universe becoming conscious of itself.”

Source : Greg Iles (2004). “The Footprints of God”, p.292, Simon and Schuster
“Opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest of violence.”

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