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ANAIS NIN ~ THE ROLE OF A WRITER
“The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.” Anais Nin On the photo Anais Nin with Henry Miller
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UMBERTO ECO ~ WE LIVE FOR BOOKS
“We Live for Books” Umberto Eco (5 January 1932 – 19 February 2016)
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C.S. LEWIS ~ FRIENDSHIP
“A friend is someone who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words.” C.S. Lewis
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GALILEO ~ ON TRUTHS
“All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them.” Galileo Galilei Astronomer Galileo Galilei, was an Italian astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician who played a major role in the scientific revolution during the
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SAUL BELLOW ~ ON ADVICE
“When we ask for advice, we are usually looking for an accomplice.” Saul Bellow
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JAVIER MARIAS ~ ILLUSIONS
“Illusions are important. What you remember can be as important as what really happens.” Javier Marias
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY VIRGINIA WOOLF
Happy birthday, Virginia Woolf. Virginia was born on this day (25th of January) in 1882 in Kensington,London, Uk.
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MILAN KUNDERA ~ MY AMBITION
“My lifetime ambition has been to unite the seriousness of question with the lightness of form.” —Milan Kundera
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HANNAH ARENDT ~ CULTURE VERSUS ENTERTAINMENT
Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. Hannah Arendt
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LOUIS DE BERNIERES ~ FALLING IN LOVE
When you fall in love, it is a temporary madness. It erupts like an earthquake, and then it subsides. And when it subsides, you have to make a decision. You have to work out whether your roots are become so entwined together that it is inconceivable that you should ever part. Bec
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JULIO CORTAZAR ~ AN UNREAL REALITY
“These days, my notion of the fantastic is closer to what we call reality.” —Julio Cortázar
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SIMONE DE BEAUVOIR ~ ONE’S PAST
“It’s very hard to review one’s past without cheating a little.” Simone de Beauvoir
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