Postcolonial Literature Quotes & Sayings

The stories surrounding eating durians remind us that literature should incorporate low culture, bringing it closer to lived reality. These legends come not from the pens of the elite, but are assembled from the words of the masses, both written and spoken, passed from one person to another - the only way to create a text this deep and compelling. — Wong Yoon Wah

Seal'd her minefrom her first sweet breath
Mine, and mine by right, from birth till death
Mine, mine-our fathers have sworn. — Alfred Tennyson

I know that luck has a way of happening to people who shoot high, who never sell themselves short. — Terry Teachout

You make me want things that I'd forgotten I wanted. — Ella Frank

Normally, what you're envious of is a book, not a writer: standards, ideas, levels ... almost nonexistent things. — James Salter

Each of us has his own inner concentration camp ... We must deal with, with forgiveness and patience-as full human beings, as we are and what we will become. — Viktor E. Frankl

We have believed for many years, much earlier than anyone else was talking about this issue, that it was in the interest of China to evolve to a more flexible exchange rate system. — Rodrigo Rato

Faithful found among the faithless. — John Milton

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. — Nicolas Chamfort

Donald Trump is not qualified to be president because he's not qualified to deal with Vladimir Putin. — Jeb Bush