Quote by Henning Mankell
What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen

What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other peoples dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats – and they in turn can listen to ours. – Henning Mankell

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I am not afraid of dying. I have lived longer than most people in the world. What scares me is to have a body that works but a brain that is waving goodbye. If that happens, I hope I die quickly. – Henning Mankell

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Hope
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I work in an old tradition that goes back to the ancient Greeks. You hold a mirror to crime to see whats happening in society. I could never write a crime story just for the sake of it, because I always want to talk about certain things in society. – Henning Mankell

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Society
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I live with one foot in the sand and one in the snow. Theres European egocentricity, and the African opposite. I normally say that my African experience has made me a better European. – Henning Mankell

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Our dreams drench us in senses, and senses steps us again in dreams. – Amos Bronson Alcott

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We should be dreaming. We grew up as kids having dreams, but now were too sophisticated as adults, as a nation. We stopped dreaming. We should always have dreams. – Herb Brooks

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Writers write. Dreamers talk about it. – Jerry B. Jenkins

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Dreams

I knew I wanted to do something creative. I didnt think Id have the luxury of doing something like that, because I didnt know anyone who had pursued anything they really adored, but I had dreams for singing or writing. – Lana Del Rey

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