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I believe the visionaries and true reflections of society will be rewarded after their lives. Those being rewarded now are giving the public what it needs now, usually applauding its current state and clearing consciences.Hollace M. Metzger
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Someone who dreams cannot be forced to stop–there are no limitations to dreams, because we do not own dreams, dreams are from God.Christina Westover
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All I want is to sleep--to dream. Life is better in dreams.Christina Westover
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All that is gold does not glitter. Not all those who wander are lost: The old that is strong does not wither. Deep roots are not reached by the frost.J.r.r. Tolkien
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Darkness crept through. Shadows pried at doors, teased dull edges of recollections that never quite took hold. Memories that would have shriveled under the blinding sun of daylight. And reason.Edward Fahey
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Among the Igbo the art of conversation is regarded very highly, and proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.Chinua Achebe
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The Bishop blessed him and helped him to his feet." May God have mercy on you, " he said. And erased him from his heart.Unknown
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We lie on the blanket, our bare bodies basking in the sun like Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Only our apples were bitten a long time ago, and we ate them too.Henry Martin
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What a face this girl possessed! –could I not gaze at it every day I would need to recreate it through painting, sculpture, or fatherhood until a second such face is born.Roman Payne
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A girl without braidsis like a city without bridges.Roman Payne
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Fiction should be in its way subversive. I don't think books should be neat or gentle or genteel or comforting. I think they should be raw. They should be written as perfectly as possible, but what they do is to stir up, to lance the reader.Edna OBrien
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He takes a draw on a cigarette, blows out a smoky ghost. I reach to catch the phantom in my hands, but it eludes me. I've been trying to catch a ghost for as long as I can remember.Brenda Sutton Rose
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Short story collections are the literary equivalent of canapés, tapas and mezze in the world of gastronomy: Delightful assortments of tasty morsels to whet the reader's appetite.Alex Morritt
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It is not that the girl is unfit for everything, it is that she is not of this world.Unknown