What do young girls dream of? Of the knife and of blood. - Alain Robbe-Grillet

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Those with power are frequently least aware of -- or least willing to acknowledge -- its existence [and] those with less power are often most aware of its existence.

Alain Robbe-Grillet

What do young girls dream of? Of the knife and of blood.

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The true writer has nothing to say. What counts is the way he says it.

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Memory belongs to the imagination. Human memory is not like a computer which records things; it is part of the imaginative process, on the same terms as invention.

Human, Imagination, Memories, Records, Terms

the world is neither meaningful, nor absurd. it quite simply is, and that, in any case, is what is so remarkable about it.

Absurd, Case, Meaningful, World

Le lecteur, lui non plus, ne voit pas les choses du dehors. Il est dans le labyrinthe aussi. The reader [as well as the main character] does not view the work from outside. He too is in the labyrinth.

Aussi, Character, Dans, Labyrinth, Non, Views

The art of the novel, however, has fallen into such a state of stagnation - a lassitude acknowledged and discussed by the whole of critical opinion - that it is hard to imagine such an art can survive for long without some radical change. To many, the solution seems simple enough: such a change being impossible, the art of the novel is dying.

Art, Change, Simple, State, Survive

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Lisa Delpit

Those with power are frequently least aware of -- or least willing to acknowledge -- its existence [and] those with less power are often most aware of its existence.

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Ronee Blakley

I always sing them as though they are autobiographical, even if they're not, and most of my songs do come from something about me.

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J.P. Moreland

If we are going to be wise, spiritual people prepared to meet the crises of our age, we must be a studying, learning community that values the life of the mind

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Ronald Reagan

Hope remains the highest reality, the age-old power.

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Eckhart Tolle

Stop looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love - you have a treasure within that is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.

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