“Half of this story is true and the other half might very well have happened.”
― quote from The Twenty-One Balloons
“The best way of travel, however, if you aren't in any hurry at all, if you don't care where you are going, if you don't like to use your legs, if you don't want to be annoyed at all by any choice of directions, is in a balloon. In a balloon, you can decide only when to start, and usually when to stop. The rest is left entirely to nature.”
― quote from The Twenty-One Balloons
“It seems strange to me that mechanical progress always seems to leave the slower demands of elegance far behind.”
― quote from The Twenty-One Balloons
“That's the peculiar thing about nature," explained Mr. F., "it guards it's rarest treasures with greatest care.”
― quote from The Twenty-One Balloons
“I had a thought," Bradshaw said into the silence.
"Amazing," Tristan returned dryly.”
― Suzanne Enoch, quote from England's Perfect Hero
“Training prepares you for a job; an education prepares you for life.”
― quote from Art and Fear: Observations on the Perils (and Rewards) of Artmaking
“Get Well Soon. People sent me get well soon cards while I was in a mental hospital. There were fluffy little bunnies, floaty rainbows, and even a religious card. I could understand that Hallmark probably doesn’t make “Get Sane Soon” cards, but still. Was I not well before? Am I well now? Who decides?”
― Julie Halpern, quote from Get Well Soon
“good lawyers know the law and that great lawyers know the judge?”
― Ashwin Sanghi, quote from The Krishna Key
“Драти Тео,
Отново съм без средства. Зная какъв товар съм за тебе, но към кого друг да се обърна? Необходими са ми пари за материали! Сега използвам почти изключително зъбни копринени нишки, импровизирам в процеса на работа и резултатите са вълнуващи. Боже Господи! Дори за новокаин нямам пукната пара! Днес вадих зъб и се наложи да упоя пациента, като му четох цитати от Драйзер. Помощ!
Винсент
***
Драги Тео,
Реших да работя в един кабинет с Гоген. Чудесен зъболекар е, специалист по мостове, а по всичко личи, че и той ме харесва. Похвали много работата ми с господин Джей Грийнглас. Ако си спомняш, бях пломбирал долния му седми зъб, но после презрях пломбата и се опитах да я извадя. Грийнглас решително възрази, та се стигна до съд. Постави се законният въпрос за собствеността на пломбата и по съвета на адвоката ми го осъдих за целия зъб, а после се разбрахме само за пломбата. И представи си, някой я е зърнал в един от ъглите на кабинета ми и иска да я изложа!
Винсент”
― Woody Allen, quote from Without Feathers
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