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I believe that all my work explores the human desire or obsession for utopias, and the structure of all my works is the search for utopias lost and rediscovered.

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The poet was, of course, always present to assist the debater. Though the logic of Lewis's Christian apologetics may be fallible, the imagination of the writing with its brilliantly-conceived analogies is itself enough to win a reader to his side. As Austin Farrer expressed it, "We think we are listening to an argument; in fact we are presented with a vision; and it is the vision that carries conviction. Humphrey Carpenter
Kato Kaelin quote: "I was at an acting academy for seven years prior to the trial."
I was at an acting academy for seven years prior to the trial. Kato Kaelin
Nathaniel Hawthorne quote: "What a terrible thing it is to try to let off a little bit of..."
What a terrible thing it is to try to let off a little bit of truth into this miserable humbug of a world! Nathaniel Hawthorne
Jodi Picoult quote: "In the English language there are orphans and widows, but..."
In the English language there are orphans and widows, but there is no word for the parents who loses a child. Jodi Picoult
When the President of Iran talks about removing Israel from the face of the Earth and is building nuclear bombs with a range of 3000km, you have to be worried. Ehud Olmert
Everyone disliked their partners at some time or another, she knew that. But she’d spent her hours in the dark wondering whether she’d ever liked him. Would it really have been so much worse to spend those years alone? Why did there have to be someone else in the room while she was eating, watching TV, sleeping? Nick Hornby
Carl Rogers quote: "The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we..."
The very essence of the creative is its novelty, and hence we have no standard by which to judge it. Carl Rogers
If we reason that we want happiness for others, not for ourselves, then we ought justly to be suspected of failing to recognize human nature for what it is and of wishing to turn men into machines. Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
John Ruskin quote: "There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of..."
There is no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather. John Ruskin
This is the effect of panic, a natural effect, you could say that animal nature is like this, plant life would behave in exactly the same way, too, if it did not have all those roots to hold it in the ground, and how nice it would be to see the trees of the forest fleeing the flames. Jose Saramago
J. R. R. Tolkien quote: "The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the..."
The way is shut. It was made by those who are Dead, and the Dead keep it, until the time comes. The way is shut. J. R. R. Tolkien
R. Lee Ermey quote: "I try to get over to Iraq and Afghanistan as much as I can."
I try to get over to Iraq and Afghanistan as much as I can. R. Lee Ermey
She stood at the window, her arms spread wide, holding on to each side of the frame, it was as if she held a piece of the city. Ayn Rand
Janice Dickinson quote: "I lived the stuff that Jackie Collins writes about."
I lived the stuff that Jackie Collins writes about. Janice Dickinson
Dirt is a great respecter of persons; it lets you alone when you are well dressed, but as soon as your collar is gone it flies towards you from all directions. George Orwell