Quotes About Expression

I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.

All men should give books instead of flowers.

I don't think it's always good to read lots of poetry.

Sip Someone else's logic then spit it out

It is not easy to be brave. This world discourages authenticity from infancy. It is not easy to do what you just did. It is not easy to just . . . speak. Or even to wait to speak, for that matter.

My pupils are stabbed into my head like black thumbtacks pinning my entire face in place.

I'll be the girl they say pink things to, so weightless she arrives by ghost.

Not a speaking role.

Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.

PIANO, n. A parlor utensil for subduing the impenitent visitor. It is operated by pressing the keys of the machine and the spirits of the audience.

Liberty: One of Imagination's most precious possessions.

Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.

To be positive To be mistaken at the top of one's voice.

Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.

When do I get to say whatever I wish?" "When it pains you not to," her mother had replied. "What if I'm too scared?" "All the more reason to speak your mind.

In my heart I knew it was the sort of thing she'd find to be a waste of time, but it meant everything to me, the words having come from my heart to my hand to the page, a bit of myself about to be folded square and sent back home.

La langue a vocation à demeurer le pivot de l'identité culturelle, et la diversité linguistique le pivot de toute diversité.

içimde gömülü olan baz? ÅŸeyleri o gece ona söylerken keÅŸfettim.

oui je précise et j'insiste: pourquoi l'Occident chrétien qui a une longue tradition d'intolérance, qui a toujours eu du mal à coexister avec "l'Autre" a-t-il su produire des sociétés respectueuse de la liberté d'expression, alors que le monde musulman, qui a longtemps pratiqué la coexistence, apparaît désormais comme une citadelle de fanatisme?

O anda kendi kendime "onu seviyorum" demiyordum.Ne kendime ne de tabii ona.Yasli bir beyefendinin boyle konusmasi belki gulunc gelecek:Delice askin butun belirtileri vardi bende,ama kelime bir turlu gelmiyordu.Sanirim boyle anlarda sizinle alay ederek hatta kotu niyetle bile olsa 'asik' kelimesini telaffuz edecek bir sirdas lazimdir.

N'est-ce pas l'une des vertus de l'écriture que de coucher sur la même feuille horizontale le futile et l'exceptionnel ? Tout reprend dans un livre l'épaisseur négligeable de l'encre écrasée.

Autrefois, ceux qui haïssaient les Arabes étaient suspects de xénophobie et de nostalgie colonialiste ; aujourd'hui, chacun se sent autorisé à les haïr en toute bonne conscience, au nom de la modernité, de la laïcité, de la liberté d'expression ou des droits de la femme. J'ai

The artist Paul Klee described drawing a picture as taking a line for a walk. I have borrowed his words to explain my approach to writing; when I write a novel it is like I am taking a thought for a walk.

art practices are participatory as well as testimonial.