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Quote by Federico Garcia Lorca

“My head is full of fire and grief and my tongue runs wild, pierced with shards of glass.”

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Spanish poet and playwright, considered one of the most important literary figures of the 20th century. His works blend traditional and modern elements, deeply influenced by Spanish folklore and theater. more

“One evening, when we were already resting on the floor of our hut, dead tired, soup bowls in hand, a fellow prisoner rushed in and asked us to run out to the assembly grounds and see the wonderful sunset. Standing outside we saw sinister clouds glowing in the west and the whole sky alive with clouds of ever-changing shapes and colors, from steel blue to blood red. The desolate grey mud huts provided a sharp contrast, while the puddles on the muddy ground reflected the glowing sky. Then, after minutes of moving silence, one prisoner said to another, "How beautiful the world could be.”

Source: Man's Search For Meaning, Gift Edition

“Harley-Davidson," she said. "Sweet.”

Said Sweet Harley Harley Davidson

Author:Steig Larsson

“So long as this country is cursed with slavery, so too will it be cursed with vampires.”

Long Country Slavery Vampire Cursed

Author:Seth Grahame-Smith

“By his very profession, a serious fiction writer is a vendor of the sensuous particulars of life, a perceiver and handler of things. His most valuable tools are his sense and his memory; what happens in his mind is primarily pictures.”

Mind Happens Memories Fiction Serious Tools Valuable Profession Fiction Writers Sensuous Vendors

Book:On Teaching and Writing Fiction

Source: On Teaching and Writing Fiction

“Hey, you've got the girl, I've got the picture. That's fair, right?”

Girl Fairs Hey Hey You

Book:Angel Fire: The Angel Trilogy

Source: Angel Fire: The Angel Trilogy

“My maternal grandma was a tough, tough lady and a stern woman, who lost her husband young and raised six kids by herself. She lived in a mining community in Upstate New York and ran a boarding house for miners. She took care of an entire family and miners who lived in the house as well.”

Wells Care Kids Young Death House Lost Community New York Husband Six Tough Raised Ran Grandma Mining Miners Upstate New York Uranium Mining Boarding House Tough Lady

Author:Steve Carell

“There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.”

Way Mind Inspiration Reading Literature Habit Bases Management Better Ways 7 Habits Good Literature

Book:The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

“...the men of the Ulysses had no need to stand in shame...many had found, or were finding, that the point of no return was not necessarily the edge of the precipice: it could be the bottom of the valley, the beginning of the long climb up the far slope, and when a man had once begun that climb he never looked back to that other side.”

Men Needs Long Found Sides Return Findings Shame Bottom Edges Climbs Valleys Slopes Precipice Ulysses

Author:Alistair Maclean

“I don't know who it is who lives or dies, who rests or wakes, but it is your heart that distributes all the graces of the daybreak in my breast.”

Knows Heart Dies Grace Breasts Daybreak

Book:100 Love Sonnets: Cien sonetos de amor

Source: 100 Love Sonnets: Cien sonetos de amor

Quote by Federico Garcia Lorca

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