#contemporary

The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work. ↗

— Simone Weil

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If I take a less defensive tone, I'd admit that I couldn't write today a very jazzy, contemporary look at America as I did in 1979 in States of Desire. ↗

— Edmund White

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Quite a lot of our contemporary culture is actually shot through with a resentment of limits and the passage of time, anger at what we can't do, fear or even disgust at growing old. ↗

— Rowan Williams

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The work that lasts over time is the work which still speaks to us when all contemporary interest in that work is extinct. ↗

— Jeanette Winterson

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A contemporary artist can use the findings of all epochs and all styles, from the most primitive literary expressions up to the most refined products of the baroque. ↗

— Juan Goytisolo

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Do I think all contemporary Christian music is good? No. ↗

— Amy Grant

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Contemporary literature in the West has shown some signs of ethical change. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

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At a normal high school, having class outside on a gorgeous May day is usually pretty awesome. It means sitting in the sunshine, maybe reading some poetry, letting the breeze blow through your hair...At Hecate Hall, a.k.a. Juvie for Monsters, it meant I was getting thrown in the pond. ↗

— Rachel Hawkins

#ya-contemporary #ya-paranormal #awesome

...Fan fiction is a way of the culture repairing the damage done in a system where contemporary myths are owned by corporations instead of owned by the folk. ↗

— Henry Jenkins

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I don't know what the future holds. I only know that I want to be with you. You and me. Everything else is negotiable. ↗

— Joan Kilby

#romance #contemporary