"I know a painting so evanescent that it is seldom viewed at all except by some wandering deer. It is a river who wields the brush and it is the same river who before I can bring my friends to view his work erases it forever from human view. After that it exists only in my mind's eye."

-- Aldo Leopold

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“He had lunch with Cecilia that afternoon. They ate their corned beef on rye and cream cheese with lox in a diner peopled by waiters who looked like theyÂ´d met with utter disappointment and become attached to it.”
“You must be the greatest mother in the world, but you must also, simultaneously, withdraw from your children's lives. You don't want to be the major force in their whole lives. You need to do the job adequately and as best you can, and then provide them with independence from you. You have to give them enough so that they won't need you anymore.”
“I wonder if, in the dark night of the sea, the octopus dreams of me.”
“Nothing is more detestable to the physical anthropologist than... the wretched habit of cremating the dead. It involves not only a prodigal waste of costly fuel and excellent fertilizer, but also the complete destruction of physical historical data. On the other hand, the custom of embalming and mummification is most praiseworthy and highly to be recommended.”
“The idea that you can live off the grid and just do your own thing is a very American idea - that you should be able to do your own thing, if you want to, if you're willing to pay the price for it. I think the price has gotten higher and higher.”

Source : "Dana Spiotta on living the creative life". Interview with Jacket Copy, latimesblogs.latimes.com. August 3, 2011.
“Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.”

Source : "Mr. Justice Brandeis, Great American". Book by Irving Dilliard, 1941.
“Mass Effect 3 is all about answering all the biggest questions in the lore, learning about the mysteries and the Protheans and the Reapers, being able to decide for yourself how all of these things come to an end.”

Source : "Casey Hudson: BioWare co-created Mass Effect 3 with the (sometimes cranky) fans (interview)". Interview with Dean Takahashi, venturebeat.com. March 2, 2012.
“Now I write often. I decided that I need to write for myself - I can't really direct other people's material.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com

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