Inspirational Quotes Part 1
I'm reading a book by Dave Eggers called You Shall Know Our Velocity! Will, the main character, often has fictional conversations in his head as a means of expressing his thoughts. At one point in the book, he is in Marrakesh and has been reading a biography on Winston Churchill. He has an interesting conversation with Churchill in his head. It goes as follows.
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-- Mr. Churchill you were given a mission.
-- Yes.
-- I want to have been given your mission. I want your place in world events, the centrality of it. You were born in the cradle of a catapult!
-- You are wrong. I found my mission.
-- I disagree.
-- If you must.
-- Tell me: where is my mission? Where are my bunkers and trenches, my goddamn Gallipoli?
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The last question is exactly what I'm asking. It's exactly what I need to find. I just thought I'd share.
Posted by Mr. Eff on 09/12/2003 || link
