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"I don't see novels ending with any real sense of closure."
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"What can you do to ensure that your voice value translates into impression value?"

"Art is a distinct form of human communication. Art interprets experience, sensation, and feelings. An artistic work translates our mental images and allows other people to understand what we feel; art conveys our happiness, sadness, hopes, doubts, anxieties, fears, desires, and ineffable longings."

"Heaven resonates when one sings wholeheartedly."

"You won't write, won't ya??I just focus on the negative!"

"There are things known-things experienced, felt, and understood-that words hold no power to convey. Attempting to do so only dilutes their substance and does them injustice."

"Saints should always be judged guilty until they are proved innocent."

"Use language what you will, you can never say anything but what you are."

"Snooty knew measly talked muchly."

"If you want people to dance to your tune, sing beautiful songs."

"Find a voice in a whisper."
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"I'm a Canadian citizen. But I always want to feel at home in Sri Lanka. I'm a member of both countries."

"You don't want to write your own opinion, you don't want to just represent yourself, but represent yourself through someone else."
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