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“There is another alphabet, whispering from every leaf, singing from every river, shimmering from every sky.”
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![Marc Jampole](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1617449412i/1914589._UX200_CR0,26,200,200_.jpg)
“You can’t save anyone who wouldn’t save themselves without you. It’s the hardest lesson to learn in life, take it from me.
- p. 47, The Brothers Silver”
― The Brothers Silver
- p. 47, The Brothers Silver”
― The Brothers Silver
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“A breeze, a forgotten summer, a smile, all can fit into a storefront window.”
― The Sun Watches the Sun
― The Sun Watches the Sun
![Dejan Stojanovic](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1343115315i/6443586._UX200_CR0,44,200,200_.jpg)
“Since there is no real silence,
Silence will contain all the sounds,
All the words, all the languages,
All knowledge, all memory.”
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Silence will contain all the sounds,
All the words, all the languages,
All knowledge, all memory.”
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![Zadie Smith](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1478188567i/2522._UX200_CR0,0,200,200_.jpg)
“There was an inevitability about the road towards each other which encouraged meandering along the route.”
― NW
― NW
![Dejan Stojanovic](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1343115315i/6443586._UX200_CR0,44,200,200_.jpg)
“Busy with the ugliness of the expensive success
We forget the easiness of free beauty
Lying sad right around the corner,
Only an instant removed,
Unnoticed and squandered.”
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We forget the easiness of free beauty
Lying sad right around the corner,
Only an instant removed,
Unnoticed and squandered.”
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![Dejan Stojanovic](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1343115315i/6443586._UX200_CR0,44,200,200_.jpg)
“Knighthood lies above eternity; it doesn’t live off fame, but rather deeds.”
― The Sun Watches the Sun
― The Sun Watches the Sun
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“To come to nothing through something is the way to outside from both sides.”
― The Sign and Its Children
― The Sign and Its Children
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“I ran across an excerpt today (in English translation) of some dialogue/narration from the modern popular writer, Paulo Coelho in his book: Aleph.(Note: bracketed text is mine.)... 'I spoke to three scholars,' [the character says 'at last.'] ...two of them said that, after death, the [sic (misprint, fault of the publisher)] just go to Paradise. The third one, though, told me to consult some verses from the Koran. [end quote]' ...I can see that he's excited. [narrator]' ...Now I have many positive things to say about Coelho: He is respectable, inspiring as a man, a truth-seeker, and an appealing writer; but one should hesitate to call him a 'literary' writer based on this quote. A 'literary' author knows that a character's excitement should be 'shown' in his or her dialogue and not in the narrator's commentary on it. Advice for Coelho: Remove the 'I can see that he's excited' sentence and show his excitement in the phrasing of his quote.(Now, in defense of Coelho, I am firmly of the opinion, having myself written plenty of prose that is flawed, that a novelist should be forgiven for slipping here and there.)Lastly, it appears that a belief in reincarnation is of great interest to Mr. Coelho ... Just think! He is a man who has achieved, (as Leonard Cohen would call it), 'a remote human possibility.' He has won lots of fame and tons of money. And yet, how his preoccupation with reincarnation—none other than an interest in being born again as somebody else—suggests that he is not happy!”
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![Mouloud Benzadi](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1692105356i/7075343._UX200_CR0,54,200,200_.jpg)
“History teaches us that the greatest authors are those who wrote silently without hope of praise or REWARD.
They wrote to defend principles and win people's hearts, and not to please a Prize committee or win a literary AWARD.”
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They wrote to defend principles and win people's hearts, and not to please a Prize committee or win a literary AWARD.”
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![Mouloud Benzadi](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1692105356i/7075343._UX200_CR0,54,200,200_.jpg)
“Books, including those written by famous authors, may sit unread on forgotten shelves, attracting dust rather than readers’ attention.”
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![Mouloud Benzadi](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1692105356i/7075343._UX200_CR0,54,200,200_.jpg)
“One of the disadvantages of literary awards is the fact that authors are writing to please a book award committee, rather than to spread the message of love, tolerance, peace, and serve humanity.”
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![Mouloud Benzadi](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1692105356i/7075343._UX200_CR0,54,200,200_.jpg)
“Literary prizes have always sparked controversy. Their validity has always been questioned as the criteria to determine books merits are subjective.”
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![Dejan Stojanovic](https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/authors/1343115315i/6443586._UX200_CR0,44,200,200_.jpg)
“In trying to be perfect,
He perfected the art of anonymity,
Became imperceptible
And arrived nowhere from nowhere.”
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He perfected the art of anonymity,
Became imperceptible
And arrived nowhere from nowhere.”
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