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“Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.”
― George Orwell, 1984

“I have tried my best to keep my country alive by writing about it.”
― Nuruddin Farah

“Myth makes Echo the subject of longing and desire. Physics makes Echo the subject of distance and design. Where emotion and reason are concerned both claims are accurate. And where there is no Echo there is no description of space or love. There is only science.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

“And where there is no Echo there is no description of space or love. There is only silence.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

“Aside from recurrance, revision, and commensurate symbolic reference, echoes also reveal emptiness. Since objects always impede acoustic reflection, only empty places can create echoes of lasting clarity.”
― Mark Z. Danielewski, House of Leaves

“It's not denial. I'm just selective about the reality I accept.”
― Bill Watterson

“I wanted the whole world or nothing.”
― Charles Bukowski, Post Office

“I abhor the idea of a perfect world. It would bore me to tears.”
― Shelby Foote

“There is an abiding beauty which may be appreciated by those who will see things as they are and who will ask for no reward except to see.”
― Vera Brittain

“Remember my friend, that knowledge is stronger than memory, and we should not trust the weaker”
― Bram Stoker, Dracula