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Magic becomes art when it has nothing to hide.
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To see the madness and yet walk a perfect silver line. ... That's what the true story-teller should be: a great guide,…
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Bad things will happen and good things too. Your life will be full of surprises. Miracles happen only where there has been…
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Reading, therefore, is a co-production between writer and reader. The simplicity of this tool is astounding. So little, yet out of it…
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The road will never swallow you. The river of destiny will always overcome evil. May you understand your fate. Suffering will never…
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The Nigerian storyteller Ben Okri says that ‘In a fractured age, when cynicism is god, here is a possible heresy: we live…
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Destiny plans a different route and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn't have expected.
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In the beginning there was a river. The river became a road and the road branched out to the whole world. And…
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The worst realities of our age are manufactured realities. It is therefore our task, as creative participants in the universe, to re…
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I'm fascinated by the mysterious element that runs through our lives. Everyone is looking out of the world through their emotion and…
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To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who are not…
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Literature doesn't have a country. Shakespeare is an African writer. His Falstaff, for example, is very African in his appetite for life,…
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The road will never swallow you. The river of destiny will always overcome evil. May you understand your fate. Suffering will never…
— Ben Okri
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To be a great pilot you have to make a pact with the devil, but don't let him swallow you up.
— Ernst Udet
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And an ocean can swallow you, even when you can swim.
— Bennett Madison
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I’m not sad, but the boys who are looking for sad girls always find me. I’m not a girl anymore and I’m…
— Warsan Shire
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You know, the mountains are full of dangers, and they swallow you up. But mostly, they give.
— Doug Coombs
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The ghosts race towards the light, you can almost hear the heavy breathing spirits, all determined to get somewhere. New Orleans, unlike…
— Bob Dylan
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Why bear malice? Just let it go. So what of pride? It will swallow you whole.
— Ray Davies
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Don't be afraid to take a chance, to jump. Because death will always swallow you up anyway. Death is a friend; it…
— Frederick Lenz
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In business, the competition will bite you if you keep running, if you stand still, they will swallow you.
— Victor Kiam
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Why is it when you want the ground to swallow you whole, it decides to stop trying? -Ethon
— Sherrilyn Kenyon
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Night can swallow you up, yet none of it touches you. Around any corner, there's a promise of something daring and ideal…
— Bob Dylan
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Then Jix locked eyes with him and said very calmly, "If you hit her, I will open my mouth wide enough to…
— Neal Shusterman
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