Being Isolated From Society From Novels Published Quotes & Sayings

The Koran claims for itself that it is "mubeen," or clear. But if you look at it, you will notice that every fifth sentence or so simply doesnt make sense. Many Muslims and Orientalists will tell you otherwise, of course, but the fact is that a fifth of the Koranic text is just incomprehensible. — Gerd R. Puin

No, I don't want to talk about River. I have nothing to say about it that I would want to be public. — Joaquin Phoenix

This is what's beautiful about staying in a club or hotel: you're invisible, as is your neighbour. — Amit Chaudhuri

And I closed my eyes because I wanted to know nothing but her arms. — Stephen Chbosky

In every cry of every man,
In every infant's cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forged manacles I hear. — William Blake

For 'The Journal of Finn Reardon,' I traveled to New York City and walked the streets where Finn and his friends would have lived, worked, and played. I visited the Tenement Museum on Orchard Street and toured an actual flat in which families like Finn's might have lived. — Susan Campbell Bartoletti