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Jack Kerouac
“Here I was at the end of America...no more land...and nowhere was nowhere to go but back”
Jack Kerouac, On the Road: The Original Scroll

Tracy Chevalier
“There is a difference between Catholic and Protestant attitudes to painting," he explained as he worked, "but it is not necessarily as great as you may think. Paintings may serve a spiritual purpose for Catholics, but remember too that Protestants see God everywhere, in everything. By painting everyday things-tables and chairs, bowls and pitchers, soldiers and maids-are they not celebrating God's creation as well?”
Tracy Chevalier, Girl with a Pearl Earring

Michael Chabon
“It was the kind of promise a father makes easily and sincerely, knowing at the same time that it will be impossible to keep. The truth of some promises is not as important as whether or not you can believe in them, with all your heart. A game of baseball can't really make a summer day last forever. A home run can't really heal all the broken places in our world, or in a single human heart. And there was no way that Mr. Feld could keep his promise never to leave Ethan again. All parents leave their children one day.”
Michael Chabon, Summerland

Maya Angelou
“Does my sexiness upset you?
Does it come as a surprise
That I dance like I've got diamonds
At the meeting of my thighs?”
Maya Angelou

Forrest Carter
“Pine Billy je došao u posjet. Ostao je kod nas i po cijele dane sjedio pokraj djeda. Djed je želio slušati njegovu violinu i Pine Billy mu je svirao. Stajao je u svjetlu lampe, dugog vrata povijenog nad violinom dok su mu pramenovi kose, nejednakih duljina jer se sam šišao, visjeli preko ušiju. Suze su mu tekle niz lice, kapale na violinu i s violine na tregerhlače.
„Prestani plakati, Pine Billy“, rekao je djed. „Kvariš muziku. Želim slušati tvoju violinu!“
Pine Billy je rekao: „Ne plačem. Samo sam pre-e-hlađen“, a glas mu je zvučao kao da ga nešto steže u grlu. Onda je ispustio violinu, pao na koljena i zario lice u plahte pokraj djedovih nogu. Plakao je i ramena su mu se trzala. Pine Billy nije bio Čovjek koji bi bio u stanju suzdržati osjećaje.
Djed je tad malo podignuo glavu i viknuo slabašnim glasom: „Prokleti idiote, prosipaš Red Eagle duhan po plahtama!“ Što je Pine Billy zaista i učinio.
I ja sam plakao. Ali tako da djed to ne vidi.
Djedova tjelesna pamet je postala umorna i počela je sve više i više spavati. Jedino je još njegova duhovna pamet bila budna. Dosta je razgovarao s Willow Johnom.
Baka bi mu podvukla ruku pod glavu i šaptala mu nešto u uho.
Djedova tjelesna pamet se još jednom vratila. Htio je da mu donesem njegov šešir; otišao sam po njega. Stavio ga je na glavu.
Držao sam ga za ruku i on se osmjehnuo. „Život je bio dobar, Malo Drvo. Sljedeći put će biti još bolji. Vidjet ćemo se.“ A onda je i njegov duh otišao, kao i duh Willow Johna.”
Forrest Carter, Malo drvo

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