The urge to create a fictional narrative is a mysterious one, and when an idea comes, the writer’s sense of what a story wants to be is only vaguely visible through the penumbra of inspiration.
ADAM JOHNSON. . . nobody every taught you loyalty . . .
More Adam Johnson Quotes
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. . . nobody every taught you loyalty . . .
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In my experience, ghosts are made up only of the living, people you know are out there but are forever out of range
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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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Life brings what it brings. I might be young but I’ve learnt this: prepare for each blind corner with your strongest shoulder dropped, ready to smash through whatever is thrown at you next.
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Use your imagination only on the future, never on the present or the past.
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To keep someone alive, you put them inside you, you put their face on your heart. Then, no matter where you are, they’re always with you because they’re a part of you.”
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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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Once the dust clears you will be standing tall, a champion, a victor. NOTHING will be able to knock you down once you’ve taken the biggest hits this life has to offer, so come on life, BRING IT!
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I am a champion standing over the shadow of my former self.
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“A name isn’t a person.” Ga said. “Don’t ever remember someone by their name.
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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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What good’s a captive without her captor?
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Imagine a place where not a single person has read a book that is truly about the character at its center.
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Still, I’d thought I’d had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong.
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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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