Peace Through Fiction

Now blogging at NicoleEvaFraser.tumblr.com

2011-11-29T06:53:00.002-05:00

"How could I have thought that I needed to cure myself in order to fit into the 'real' world? I didn't need curing, and the world didn't, either; the only thing that did need curing was my understanding of my place in it..." -J. Franzen

2011-11-20T11:13:00.002-05:00

"the most revolutionary act any of us can take part in is THINKING FOR OURSELVES." - Alia Michelle

2011-11-17T15:58:00.001-05:00

The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion. - Albert Camus

2011-11-12T18:32:00.002-05:00

Great works are often born on a street corner or in a restaurant's revolving door. - Albert Camus

2011-11-12T18:31:00.001-05:00

"‎The fictional characters in my books had allowed me to understand what was hard for me to understand (which, so far, had been nearly everything) … narrative imagination—and therefore fiction—was a basic evolutionary tool of survival." - Aleksandar Hemon

2011-10-18T07:02:00.002-04:00

“The serious revolutionary, like the serious artist, can't afford to lead a sentimental or self-deceiving life.” ~Adrienne Rich

2011-10-15T19:35:00.002-04:00

"The voice is a WILD thing...It can't be bred in captivity." - Willa Cather

2011-09-30T06:28:00.001-04:00

‎"If madness were a virtue and silence was a crime / I could be myself around here..." - Nancy Boutilier

2011-08-25T06:20:00.001-04:00

"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware." - M. Buber

2011-08-14T07:57:00.001-04:00

"People will always judge you, so give them something to talk about." - @dailyteen

2011-08-10T06:16:00.000-04:00

‎"Nothing works out according to plan, but it always works out." - local motto in Chihuahua, Mexico, via Christopher McDougall

2011-07-04T08:09:00.001-04:00

"Last year, I would wait for poetry to fall from the sky. As of late, I call it down. Or coax it." - Tina Nguyen

2011-05-25T06:26:00.001-04:00

“After I write, I have nothing to say. The commentary afterwards is superfluous. I write. And that’s enough.” - Yasmina Reza

2011-05-24T16:54:00.002-04:00

"I want the contingency of life, the unpredictability, the unknowability, the mysteriousness..." -David Shields

2011-05-01T09:28:00.005-04:00

"We dream ourselves awake every minute of the day." -David Shields

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"Attention equals life or is its only evidence." - F. O'Hara

2011-05-01T09:28:00.001-04:00

"The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof shit detector." - Hemingway

2011-05-01T09:27:00.001-04:00

"You are one of the forces of nature." -Jules Michelet

2011-05-01T07:18:00.000-04:00

via @ptarkkonen

A Jane Austen Education: How Six Novels Taught Me About Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really Matter

2011-04-28T07:00:00.002-04:00

New book ~

AUSTRALIA ADVENTURES - March 2011

2011-03-18T18:13:00.008-04:00

Click on the Australian flag below to get the online album, then click "Slideshow" near upper left corner. Anyone can view -- no sign-in needed. Enjoy!

AUSTRALIA ADVENTURES - March 2011

3 - Peace Through Fiction - You Don't Mess with the Zohan

2011-02-03T05:52:00.002-05:00

2 - Peace Through Fiction: The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid

2011-02-03T05:52:00.001-05:00

1 - Peace Through Fiction Intro: Fight Club, True Blood & Lara Croft

2011-02-03T05:51:00.000-05:00

3 - Peace Through Fiction - You Don't Mess with the Zohan

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