Patricia Duncker quotes
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“You can say anything, anything, if it is beautifully said.”
-- Patricia DunckerSource : Patricia Duncker (1996). “Hallucinating Foucault”
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“You write your first novel with the desperation of the damned. You're afraid that you'll never write anything else, ever again.”
-- Patricia DunckerSource : Patricia Duncker (2017). “Hallucinating Foucault”, p.72, Bloomsbury Publishing
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“Freedom: both so priceless and so expensive.”
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“The love between a writer and a reader is never celebrated.”
-- Patricia DunckerSource : Patricia Duncker (2017). “Hallucinating Foucault”, p.113, Bloomsbury Publishing
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“Love is not feeling, child, nor even the passion of lovers, which always seeks only its own gratification. It is the act of caring, of giving, the act of protecting the weak, the helpless, the imprisoned and the desperate. Love is the hand raised in defence. You cannot love and keep your hands clean.”
-- Patricia DunckerSource : Patricia Duncker (1999). “James Miranda Barry”
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Source : Alison Goodman (2012). “Singing the Dogstar Blues”, p.67, Penguin
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“I don't go to that many Broadway shows, so I can't really say anything.”
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“What part of Canada are you from, honey?" "THE LEFT PART," said Jay.”
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