Quote by J. Nozipo Maraire Download Open image ““Until we begin to put pen to paper, we historically do not exist.”” — J. Nozipo Maraire ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Only with pen and paper can you create something that doesn't really exist.” — Decker Schutt Copy Share Image
“If we do not determine to aspire to that which we write about, we should rid ourselves of every single sheet of paper and… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“The history that you are writing today will become the both the legacy of your yesterday as well as the template of your tomorrow.… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
“We assume that anything that is new to us is new to human society as a whole, and that if we don’t see it… — C. N. Lester Copy Share Image
“There are no accusations with writing, no judgment, no shame, only freedom. As the pen touches the paper, for a moment, I'm alive.” — Jessica Sorensen Copy Share Image
“it is easy to see that history is truly written by losers with time on their hands and a protected academic position.” — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
“But we must come to realise that every word is perfect, including those we scratch out. As my pen moves across this page the whole world writes. All of human history combines at this mere moment now to produce in the flow of this hand a single dot: Who are you and I, dear friends, to contradict the whole past… — Luke Rhinehart Copy Share
“Even the pool of ink could be dried out and writing papers could be burnt to ashes forever but the spoken word will never… — Euginia Herlihy Copy Share Image
“Writing about the past is a way of reliving it, a way of seeing it unfold all over again. We place memories on pieces… — Nathan Filer Copy Share Image
“Writing takes a pen, a sheet of paper and, to start with, just the shadow of an idea.” — Françoise Sagan Copy Share Image
“Foreign Cash is not the answers to our problems, my friend. Africa needs the hearts and minds of its sons and daughters to nurture… — J. Nozipo Maraire Copy Share Image
“I had once been naïve enough to believe that all would be well if you lived by the rules. Good things happened to good people, blessed are the meek, et cetera, et cetera. How disillusioned I have become since then. It hurt, because I wondered now what all the discipline, repression, and suppression had been for if it had not… — J. Nozipo Maraire Copy Share
“You shall be distinguished overseas by your colourful plumage, graceful flight and beautiful songs. There are so many lovely features that will make you… — J. Nozipo Maraire Copy Share Image
“The heart knows no logic beyond need and desire; the head has no senses except the common and the pragmatic. Neither, frankly, is particularly… — J. Nozipo Maraire Copy Share Image
Until the lion learns to write, every story will glorify the hunter. — J. Nozipo Maraire Copy Share Image
“Welcome, my dear, to the Western world, land of democracy, freedom, and bigotry.” — J. Nozipo Maraire Copy Share Image
“To love is a beautiful, mysterious event; do not miss it. Be neither too cautious nor too absorbed. Too many of us reason with… — J. Nozipo Maraire Copy Share Image
Racism is a phenomenal thing; it is like a thick mist that obscures the vision and judgement of even great minds. — J. Nozipo Maraire Copy Share Image
“I suspect, even more importantly, the aged are hidden away so that we do not remember that one day we shall all walk that… — J. Nozipo Maraire Copy Share Image
“There is not a man in the world who is worth your dignity. Do not confuse self-sacrifice with love.” — J. Nozipo Maraire Copy Share Image
