"She knows herself to be at the mercy of events, and she knows by now that events have no mercy."

Realism, Fate, Control, Events, Awareness

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"I'm against solutions that are worse than the problem. Like old women who want their hair dyed the color of shoe polish to hide the gray."

Neal Shusterman, American Author

Realism, Pragmatism, Critique, Solution, Irony

"Remember that rabbit-proof fencing you told me about? You get that at a hardware store or is it special order?"

Elle Lothlorien, American Novelist

Realism, Curiosity, Humor, Inquiry, Dialogue

"Living isn't always red bows and birthday balloons."

Carew Papritz, American Author

Realism, Reality, Hardship, Life, Honesty

"Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent."

Tahir Shah, British Author

Realism, Investment, Quality, Preparation

"Ya got cigarettes? she asks. "Yes, I say,"I got cigarettes. "Matches? she asks."Enough to burn Rome. "Whiskey?"Enough whiskey for a Mississippi River of pain. "You drunk? "Not yet."

Charles Bukowski, American Author

Realism, Dialogue, Alcohol, Pain, Sorrow

"All the terrorism in the world that fester in the name of religion, are in fact not religious in nature, rather they are socio-political. Their roots are not religion, but socio-political condition. Religion is only used as a divine tool of authoritative justification in the search of absolution."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Realism, Religion, Politics, Power, Truth

"Remember to get the weather in your damn book--weather is very important."

Ernest Hemingway, American Novelist

Realism, Preparation, Importance, Attention, Detail

"In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown."

Mary Grandpre, American Illustrator

Realism, Wonder

"In India everything has a use and a value."

Tahir Shah, British Author

Realism, Values, Culture, Resourcefulness

"In meetings philosophy might work,on the field practicality works."

Amit Kalantri, Indian Author

Realism, Philosophy, Meeting, Life, Theory

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"All you have to do, I tell myself, is keep your mouth shut and look stupid. It shouldn't be that hard."

Humor

"Things that are falling apart encourage me: whatever else, I'm in better shape than they are."

Positivity

"I shouldn't have taken a vow of silence, I told myself. What did I want? Nothing much. Just a memorial. But what is a memorial, when you come right down to it, but a commemoration of wounds endured? Endured, and resented. Without memory, there can be no revenge."

Memory

"The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?'"

Beginning

"You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer."

Writing

"We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly."

Leadership

"Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time."

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"I'm against solutions that are worse than the problem. Like old women who want their hair dyed the color of shoe polish to hide the gray."

"Remember that rabbit-proof fencing you told me about? You get that at a hardware store or is it special order?"

"Living isn't always red bows and birthday balloons."

"Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent."

"Ya got cigarettes? she asks. "Yes, I say,"I got cigarettes. "Matches? she asks."Enough to burn Rome. "Whiskey?"Enough whiskey for a Mississippi River of pain. "You drunk? "Not yet."

"All the terrorism in the world that fester in the name of religion, are in fact not religious in nature, rather they are socio-political. Their roots are not religion, but socio-political condition. Religion is only used as a divine tool of authoritative justification in the search of absolution."

"Remember to get the weather in your damn book--weather is very important."

"In creating the Harry Potter artwork, I try to bring a certain amount of realism and believability to the characters and setting, but still add an element of wonder and the unknown."

"In India everything has a use and a value."

"In meetings philosophy might work,on the field practicality works."

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"All you have to do, I tell myself, is keep your mouth shut and look stupid. It shouldn't be that hard."

"Things that are falling apart encourage me: whatever else, I'm in better shape than they are."

"I shouldn't have taken a vow of silence, I told myself. What did I want? Nothing much. Just a memorial. But what is a memorial, when you come right down to it, but a commemoration of wounds endured? Endured, and resented. Without memory, there can be no revenge."

"War is what happens when language fails."

"The internet is 95 percent porn and spam."

"In my dreams of this city I am always lost."

"The beginning of Canadian cultural nationalism was not 'Am I really that oppressed?' but 'Am I really that boring?'"

"You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer."

"We still think of a powerful man as a born leader and a powerful woman as an anomaly."

"Myths can't be translated as they did in their ancient soil. We can only find our own meaning in our own time."