The most authentic thing about us is our capacity to create, to overcome, to endure, to transform, to love and to be greater than our suffering. – Ben Okri
What does Burma have to give the United States? We can give you the opportunity to engage with people who are ready and willing to change a society. – Aung San Suu Kyi
I dislike literary jargon and never use it. Criticism has only one function and that is to help readers read and understand literature. It is not a science, it is an aid to art. – Anne Stevenson
