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காட்டுப் பேச்சிகளைக் காதலித்தவன்

by Mari Selvaraj

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“My library was -- all libraries are -- a place of ultimate refuge, a wild and sacred space where meanings are manageable precisely because they aren't binding; and where illusion is comfortingly real.”
― André Brink

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“E' meglio essere il primo di una fabbrica che l'artista disprezzato di un'accademia.”
― Irène Némirovsky

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“Be fools for Christ. And have the courage to suffer the contempt of the sophisticated world.”
― Antonin Scalia

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“There are some books that LIVE," she mused. "They are young with us, and they grow old with us.”
― Virginia Woolf, Night and Day

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“Uno scrittore non vive la vita come se questa gli cadesse addosso dal cielo, ma prevede e disegna ogni istante con metodo e precisione. Scoperchia e studia il mondo alla ricerca del congegno che lo fa funzionare, per poterlo sovvertire. Non gli interessa veramente chi sei e cosa fai, ma quanto materiale emozionale puoi fornirgli, quanta parte di te può trovare spazio, e in che modo, all'interno della sua opera.”
― Sara Zelda Mazzini, Cronache dalla fine del mondo

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