“I have so little. To a beggar, even scraps become a feast.”
― Will Wight, quote from Unsouled
“The son of a cripple might be a cripple, but the son of tigers won’t be a dog.”
― Will Wight, quote from Unsouled
“Only storms turn fish into dragons,”
― Will Wight, quote from Unsouled
“The very idea beggared his imagination, but that only meant his imagination was too limited.”
― Will Wight, quote from Unsouled
“And now the woman is praying to God............... I am laughing laughing because God is forgetting everybody in this country.”
― Uzodinma Iweala, quote from Beasts of No Nation
“For me the noise of Time is not sad: I love bells, clocks, watches — and I recall that at first photographic implements were related to techniques of cabinetmaking and the machinery of precision: cameras, in short, were clocks for seeing, and perhaps in me someone very old still hears in the photographic mechanism the living sound of the wood.”
― Roland Barthes, quote from Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
“The expectations of life depend upon diligence the mechanic that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools. ”
― Confucius, quote from The Analects
“He’s sort of a homeless horse,” I said.
“I’m leaving for the airport in two seconds, and I won’t be back for a couple days. You can put the horse in the garage, but I don’t want that horse in my apartment.”
“Who would put a horse in an apartment? That’s dumb.”
“Where’s the horse staying now?”
“My apartment.”
“I can always count on you to brighten my day,” Ranger said. And he disconnected.”
― Janet Evanovich, quote from Plum Lucky
“I never in my life argued with a piece of cake or a bowl of ice cream.”
― Ray Bradbury, quote from Farewell Summer
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