"On Melbourne summer mornings the green trams go rolling in stately progress down tunnels thick with leaves: the bright air carries along the avenue their patient chime, the chattering of their wheels"

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Source : "Cosmo Cosmolino". Book by Helen Garner, 1992.

Helen Garner

#Summer Quotes #Morning Quotes #Tunnels Quotes

“I do not think that it is right for me to start giving opinions about the human rights situation of any country, including Gambia, except when those crimes translate into the crimes that I have to investigate.”
“Images provide a knowledge that we can interiorize rather than 'apply,' can take to that place in ourselves where there is water and where reeds and grasses grow...”
“Itâ€™s like flight, youâ€™re flyingâ€¦ When youâ€™re hitting something thatâ€™s turning you on, you get goose bumps. Itâ€™s a rush. Itâ€™s very exciting and thatâ€™s what Iâ€™m hoping to do to the audience.”
“I love the NBA playoffs. It's just a great mental test for each team. When it's really close, usually one team pulls together, and the other team comes apart.”
“When someone thinks, "I liked his last book, I'll hope this new one is good" and shells out their hard-earned, I fervently want that person to be thrilled.”

Source : "Now for an Elephant Stamp". Personal blog, maxbarry.com. October 08, 2005.
“The one thing I seek above all else is understanding. Sometimes I'm so frustrated and I don't get it. But I'm lucky to have a good management team and people around me who explain things and answer my questions.”
“Color is born of the interpenetration of light and dark.”

Source : Galerie Smith-Anderson, Sam Francis (1975*). “Sam Francis: black and white lithographs, 1963-1975”
“And if you could make a choice, then why not pick happiness?”

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