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“Our natural and happiest life is when we lose ourselves in the exquisite absorption of home.”

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Nikki Gemmell is a British author born in 1966. Her works encompass novels, essays, and poetry, known for their unique narrative style and profound emotional expression. more

“Why do bad things happen? For pedagogical reasons, so that we can experience the power of Allah, catch a glimpse of Hell and fear it, so that we can practice seeking refuge in Him and, when relief comes give thanks to His mercy. Darkness was created so that, like plants, we could yearn and turn to the light.”

Giving Reason Light Happens Turns Practice Darkness Hell Mercy Plant Seeking Things Happen Thanks Relief Bad Things Refuge Glimpse Bad Things Happen

Author:Leila Aboulela

“I wanted to be good but I wasn't sure if I was prepared”

Ifs Wanted Prepared Be Good

Book:Minaret

Source: Minaret

“I want to die, stripped, by myself, of all fantasies. That's the goal. I want to feel what is real, at the end, and only what is real. Grip fiercely with my eyes all that is around me--the people of my intimate life, the objects in the room, without the evasions of fantasies.”

People Want Feels Real Ends Eye Dies Goal Rooms Fantasy Objects Intimate Wanting To Die Evasion I Want To Die

Author:Frank Lentricchia

“Take the road to contradiction, it'll lead you, I promise, to the palace of wisdom.”

Promise Contradiction Palaces I Promise

Author:Frank Lentricchia

“The camera has a mind of its own--its own point of view. Then the human bearer of time stumbles into the camera's gaze--the camera's domain of pristine space hitherto untraversed is now contaminated by human temporality. Intrusion occurs, but the camera remains transfixed by its object. It doesn't care. The camera has no human fears.”

Mind Humans Care Space Views Objects Cameras Remains Point Of View Domain Intrusion Pristine Temporality

Book:The Sadness of Antonioni

Source: The Sadness of Antonioni

“I have learned, as has many another better writer, to summon inspiration to my call as soon as I begin my day's stint, and not to hang around waiting for it. Inspiration is merely a pretty phrase for the zest to work. And it can be cultivated by anyone who has the patience to try. Inspiration that will not come at its possessor's summons is like a dog that cannot be trained to obey. The sooner both are gotten rid of, the better.”

Trying Inspiration Waiting Dog Phrases I Have Learned Zest

Author:Albert Payson Terhune

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