Quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“some point you had to risk the ridicule of the mob, of your own internalized voices, and try to see clearly what had been…

— Roland Merullo

“and I began to wonder if we were moral beings at all or simply savages who defined their private bigotries as necessary ethics, as…

— Salman Rushdie

“The views were immensely wide. Everything that you saw made for greatness and freedom, and unequealled nobility.”

— Karen Blixen

“Hold just enough ego to be a man of your word, and to stand against evil mobs who force the absurd.”

— Criss Jami

“I saw how pure, in a way, they were – no matter what they had done. Each in their own way they had tried…

— Peter Høeg

“I felt as if something they all passionately believed in depended on me carrying on with something I didn't.”

— Philip Pullman

“If in this address I were to summon all the writers to whom I owe a few things or a great deal, their shadows…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“My imaginings, of course, had no objective value whatever. My spontaneous fantasies lived in my mind because I felt completely helpless in the face…

— Richard Wright

“...it was no longer a matter of whether I would steal or lie or murder; it was a simple, urgent matter of public pride,…

— Richard Wright

“felt the depth of my deception. What had happened to my self-respect? My integrity?”

— Diane Chamberlain

“Beyond my fear I felt the need to defend my identity, to not let them turn me into a thing or a number.”

— Ingrid Betancourt

“It wasn’t as easy for others to accept the darker side of themselves. Most like to cling to the notion that hesitation still marked…

— Teresa Mummert