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Sorrel soup: "You cut the egg into slices, and you eat it with the green soup. And the mixture of the sharp green acidity and the round comfort of the egg reminds you of something extraordinary and far away. Of home? Certainly not, not even for Poles. Of what then? ...Of survival, perhaps. John Berger
And even this heart of mine has something artificial. The dancers have sewn it into a bag of pink satin, pink satin slightly faded, like their dancing shoes. Edgar Degas
This praise, though far from fulsome, gave me pleasure and that is to my shame. But there was something in him, some power of spirit, that made me want to please him. Perhaps, it occurs to me now, it was no more than the intensity of his wish. Men are distinguished by the power of their wanting. What this one wanted became his province and his meal, he governed it and fed on it from the first moment of desire. Besides, with the perversity of our nature, being tested had made me more... Barry Unsworth
Neil Gaiman quote: "I remembered something somebody had once said to me. It's..."
I remembered something somebody had once said to me. It's okay. Everyday is freshly ground. Neil Gaiman
The air will always be to filled with something. Your body too sore or tired. Your father too drunk. Your wife too cold. You will always have some excuse not to live your life. Chuck Palahniuk
Whelks are strange and comforting. They have no notion of community life and they breed very quietly. But they have a strong sense of personal dignity. Even lying face down in a tray of vinegar there is something noble about a whelk. Which cannot be said for everybody. Jeanette Winterson
It's like male geeks don't know how to deal with real live women, so they just assume it's a user interface problem. Not their fault. They'll just wait for the next version to come out- something more "user friendly. Doug Coupland
Camille Claudel quote: "There is always something missing that torments me."
There is always something missing that torments me. Camille Claudel
A map was a fine thing to study when you were disposed to think of something else, being made up of names that would turn into a chime if you went back upon them. George Eliot
T. S. Eliot quote: "Humor is also a way of saying something serious."
Humor is also a way of saying something serious. T. S. Eliot
If you write, good ideas must come welling up into you so that you have something to write. If good ideas do not come at once, or for a long time, do not be troubled at all. Wait for them. Put down little ideas no matter how insignificant they are. But do not feel, any more, guilty about idleness and solitude. Brenda Ueland
George Carlin quote: "If a man smiles all the time, he’s probably selling something..."
If a man smiles all the time, he’s probably selling something that doesn’t work. George Carlin
Graves are for the living, not the dead. It gives us something to concentrate on instead of the fact that our loved one is rotting under the ground. Laurell K. Hamilton
There are too many ideas and things and people. Too many directions to go. I was starting to believe the reason it matters to care passionately about something, is that it whittles the world down to a more manageable size. Charlie Kaufman
Haruki Murakami quote: "Urging others to read F. Scott Fitzgerald, if not a..."
Urging others to read F. Scott Fitzgerald, if not a reactionary act, was not something one could do in 1968. Haruki Murakami

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