"I am home because I am a writer, but sometimes, when I'm not productive (productivity: the expectations of capitalism), I feel like a terrible housewife, or a sick person."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Kate Zambreno

#Home Quotes #Sick Quotes #Expectations Quotes

“My parents are wonderful people and they instilled in me an idealism for which I'm grateful.”
“A story, in which native humour reigns, Is often useful, always entertains; A graver fact, enlisted on your side, May furnish illustration, well applied; But sedentary weavers of long tales Give me the fidgets, and my patience fails.”
“Atheists have just as much of a right to the public discourse as any ... people of any religious faith in this country.”
“Life is one, said the Buddha, and the Middle Way to the end of suffering in all its forms is that which leads to the end of the illusion of separation, which enables man to see, as a fact as clear as sunlight, that all mankind, and all other forms in manifestation, are one unit, the infinitely variable appearance of an indivisible Whole.”

Source : Christmas Humphreys (1969). “An Invitation to the Buddhist Way of Life for Western Readers”
“It was very important, and I felt like music ran through my blood lines, with my father being a deejay and teaching me about records. I always thought vinyl was just intriguing. A black piece of wax that spins on a turntable and nothing but good sound comes from it. So that inspiration just keeps me going in hip-hop.”
“True goodness is like the glow-worm in this, that it shines most when no eyes except those of heaven are upon it.”

Source : Julius Charles Hare, Augustus William Hare, Edward Hayes Plumptre (1871). “Guesses at Truth”, p.444
“Yeah, if someone's selling downloads and collecting money for our songs I would be unhappy about that but if they're trading it I don't mind, obviously if I make a thousand records or CDs or whatever, I like to sell a thousand.”
“I believe you learn social skills by mixing with people.”

Source : "Joe Morgan's daughter stars as Stanford gymnast" by Tom FitzGerald, www.sfgate.com. March 24, 2010.

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