"The map had been the first form of misdirection, for what is a map but a way of emphasizing some things and making other things invisible?"

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Source : Jeff VanderMeer (2014). “Annihilation: A Novel”, p.66, Macmillan

Jeff VanderMeer

#Maps Quotes #Way Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“As I was getting interviewed by the Wall Street Journal, or some big pub guy, all I remember was that he went off to the bathroom for a second, and they brought out my omelet. The next thing I remember, I woke up, and I was on the side of my own omelet, and there was no one at Buck's. Everyone was gone. They just let me sleep.”
“If it's important you'll find a way. If it's not, you'll find an excuse.”

Source : FaceBook post by Ryan Blair from Apr 14, 2013
“The best listener is the one who really cares about the other person.”
“But I intend to enjoy the weeks I have left with you to the fullest. Because I know from my study of the philosophy of time, whatever is going to happen in the future is already unavoidable.”
“Silence is the true friend that never betrays.”
“Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.”
“Maybe you can afford to wait. Maybe for you there's a tomorrow. Maybe for you there's one thousand tomorrows, or three thousand, or ten, so much time you can bathe in it, roll around it, let it slide like coins through you fingers. So much time you can waste it. But for some of us there's only today. And the truth is, you never really know.”

Source : "Before I Fall: The official film tie-in that will take your breath away". Book by Lauren Oliver, books.google.ru. March 4, 2010.
“Big lots,' I said, seeing the eighty-year-old oaks and shady lawns. The houses were set way back and had iron fences and stone drives. The harder to hear your neighbors scream, my dear,' was Davidâ€™s answer, and I sent my head up and down in agreement.”

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