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“One of the main effects of war, after all, is that people are discouraged from being characters.”
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“Behind its blue face, the love of the sky shines in the gleam of stars.”
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― Wall of Colours and Other Stories
“A short story is not a portrayal of life. When life becomes disconsolate and the fear for the unknown seeps through the holes on the walls that we thought could protect us, telling a story could greatly help. The tradition of storytelling was oral, once. It's history. The wisdom in this history was the possibility to abide. Stories were medicines to drive away the ghosts of loneliness, boredom and ignorance.”
― Wall of Colours and Other Stories
― Wall of Colours and Other Stories
“I know of a cure for everything: salt water...in one way or the other. Sweat, or tears, or the salt sea.”
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“Silence is the language of the cosmos. From the smallest stone to the sun itself, they all communicate through silence, greatly rich with meaning and deep, very deep. In order to understand it, we need to have a special mind.”
― Wall of Colours and Other Stories
― Wall of Colours and Other Stories
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