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The Blue Book
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Vernon Goddard Vernon Goddard said: " The poetry is correctly entitled. Blue is there amongst much of what is written: blue for sad, or melancholic or serious. He’s a very good writer, carries the narrative to its conclusion….a twist in the tale, a sudden change of course or emphasis, of ...more "

 
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“A stranger can see in an instant something in you that you might spend years learning about yourself. How awful we all are when we look at ourselves under a light, finally seeing our reflections. How little we know about ourselves. How much forgiveness it must take to love a person, to choose not to see their flaws, or to see those flaws and love the person anyway. If you never forgive you’ll always be alone.”
Stephen Elliott, The Adderall Diaries

Susan Sontag
“The painter constructs, the photographer discloses.”
Susan Sontag, On Photography

Nour Albawardi
“الصُور الجماعية المُعلَّقة على الجدار بها شخص مفقود ؛
. دائماً يتنازل عن مكانهِ لِيلتقط الصُورة”
Nour Albawardi

Margaret Atwood
“Love blurs your vision; but after it recedes, you can see more clearly than ever. It's like the tide going out, revealing whatever's been thrown away and sunk: broken bottles, old gloves, rusting pop cans, nibbled fishbodies, bones. This is the kind of thing you see if you sit in the darkness with open eyes, not knowing the future.”
Margaret Atwood, Cat's Eye

Tim Winton
“It’s how I fill the time when nothing’s happening. Thinking too much, flirting with melancholy.”
Tim Winton, Breath

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