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"“They are embossed on every song that was a hit that summer, in every novel I read during and after his stay, on anything from the smell of rosemary on hot days to the frantic rattle of the cicadas in the afternoon—smells and sounds I’d grown up with and known every year of my life until then but that had suddenly turned on me and acquired an inflection forever colored by the events of that summer.”" — Mar 31, 2018 08:21AM
"“They are embossed on every song that was a hit that summer, in every novel I read during and after his stay, on anything from the smell of rosemary on hot days to the frantic rattle of the cicadas in the afternoon—smells and sounds I’d grown up with and known every year of my life until then but that had suddenly turned on me and acquired an inflection forever colored by the events of that summer.”" — Mar 31, 2018 08:21AM
“History is not merely about kings and their wars. We should know the story of people at large-not necessarily only those of politicians or film stars. How else can we relate to the lives of people influenced by the socio-political milieu, beyond their control?”
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“Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot.”
― The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country
― The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country
“I write only when inspiration strikes. Fortunately it strikes every morning at nine o'clock sharp.”
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“If you really want to be a writer, nobody can stop you -- and if you don't, nobody can help you.”
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“She was becoming herself and daily casting aside that fictitious self which we assume like a garment with which to appear before the world.”
― The Awakening
― The Awakening
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