And secretly, he’d be wise to start practicing the piano. For us, the story is more important than the person. If a man and his story are in conflict, it is the man who must change.
ADAM JOHNSONAll the lessons you need to learn in life, he said, will be taught to you by your enemy.
More Adam Johnson Quotes
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I know it really sounds cheesy, but I did feel a duty to try to tell the stories of people who couldn’t speak for themselves.
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Like putting a name to my problems would solve anything
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Writing is hard work, and if anything’s true about the process, it’s that fact that a good story is hard to find and even trickier to get on paper.
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That hungry enough, a person could consume the bright faces of violas, even the stems of dandelions and the bitter hips of roses?
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The darkness inside your head is something your imagination fills with stories that have nothing to do with the real darkness around you.
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Conjure up all the strength you have and drive through whatever it is keeping you on your knees. Build up the strength and your knees may never buckle again!
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There, as a youth, your aptitude towards certain jobs is measured, and the rest of your life is dictated, whether you’ll be a fisherman or a farmer or an opera singer.
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All the lessons you need to learn in life, he said, will be taught to you by your enemy.
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Today, tomorrow,” she said. “A day is nothing. A day is just a match you strike after the ten thousand matches before it have gone out.
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All the human actions we think of as essential to a character – had be censored by the self lest they be punished by the state.
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“A name isn’t a person.” Ga said. “Don’t ever remember someone by their name.
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Acting upon a personal desire, whispering a hidden longing, revealing your true feelings
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Orphans are the only ones who get to choose their fathers, and they love them twice as much.
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The next day, she was silent. For breakfast, she murdered an onion and served it raw.
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The death of dictator Kim Jong-Il has cast all eyes on North Korea, a country without literature or freedom or truth.
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