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The only privilege literature deserves - and this privilege it requires in order to exist - is the privilege of being in…
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The liveliness of literature lies in its exceptionality, in being the individual, idiosyncratic vision of one human being, in which, to our…
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Five mysteries hold the keys to the unseen: the act of love, and the birth of a baby, and the contemplation of…
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There needs to be a thorough examination, by Muslims everywhere, of why it is that the faith they love breeds so many…
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Live on, survive, for the earth gives forth wonders. It may swallow your heart, but the wonders keep on coming. You stand…
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Good advice is rarer than rubies.
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In India, as elsewhere in our darkening world, religion is the poison in the blood. Where religion intervenes, mere innocence is no…
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For a fellow who's not to much to look at, you have the instincts of a champion.
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A man who invents himself needs someone to believe in him... Not only the need to be believed in, but the need…
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Free speech is life itself.
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After a long, hopeless war, people will settle for peace, at almost any price.
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If you want to tell the untold stories, if you want to give voice to the voiceless, you've got to find a…
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If a child is inclined to be grasping, or to cling to any of his or her little possessions, legends are related…
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Color is seductive. It changes as it interacts with other colors, it changes because of the light falling upon it, and it…
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Suddenly, like a thing falling upon me from without, came fear.
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God will speak to the hearts of those who prepare themselves to hear; and conversely, those who do not so prepare themselves…
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In a dream I walked with God through the deep places of creation; past walls that receded and gates that opened through…
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I think that if one is faced by inevitable destruction -- if a house is falling upon you, for instance -- one…
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How to forgive the world for its beauty, which merely disguises its ugliness; for its gentleness, which merely cloaks its cruelty; for…
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Losing faith is a complicated business and takes time. There are no epiphanies, no "moments of truth." It takes much thought and…
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He can occasionally see to an enemy," she conceded. "If he manages to get his sword pointed in the right direction and…
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When X-rays traverse matter of any kind, this matter becomes a source of a radiation similar in character to that of the…
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