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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allow

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There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizat...more

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What I think the political correctness debate is really about is the power to be able to define. The definers want the power to name. And the defined ...more

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All paradises, all utopias are designed by who is not there, by the people who are not allowed in., March 9, 1998]

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There is really nothing more to say-except why. But since why is difficult to handle, one must take refuge in how.

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How soon country people forget. When they fall in love with a city it is forever, and it is like forever. As though there never was a time when they d...more

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Birth, life, and death― each took place on the hidden side of a leaf.

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I'm interested in the way in which the past affects the present and I think that if we understand a good deal more about history, we automatically und...more

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I'm a Midwesterner, and everyone in Ohio is excited. I'm also a New Yorker, and a New Jerseyan, and an American, plus I'm an African-American, and a w...more

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The Nobel Prize is the best thing that can happen to a writer in terms of how it affects your contracts, the publishers, and the seriousness with whic...more

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All water has a perfect memory and is forever trying to get back to where it was.

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Anger ... it's a paralyzing emotion ... you can't get anything done. People sort of think it's an interesting, passionate, and igniting feeling — I do...more

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She knew Paul D was adding something to her life—something she wanted to count on but was scared to... His waiting eyes and awful human power. The min...more

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Dominion won by fear and secured by fear was still sweeter than any that could be got another way.

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The human body is robust. It can gather strength when it's in mortal danger.