Josefina Echanove Quotes

#1. Exactness is first obtained, and afterwards elegance. But diction, merely vocal, is always in its childhood. As no man leaves his eloquence behind him, the new generations have all to learn. There may possibly be books without a polished language, but there can be no polished language without books.

Samuel Johnson

#2. She wonders if memory is little more than this: a series of erasure and perfected selections.

Cristina Garcia

#3. Dry snow coming down in the hills.
Magpies hair-triggered and thuggish in worn trees.
A wall has started to fall in you, it will take years to land.

Tim Lilburn

#4. I just think it's rather odd that a nation that prides itself on its virility should feel compelled to strap on forty pounds of protective gear just in order to play rugby.

Rupert Giles

#5. Was the sky always this shade of magenta?

Jandy Nelson

#6. The rise of the global middle class will pave the way for a new golden age in Australian society.

Asher Judah