"I long ago abandoned myself to a blind lust for the written word. Literature is my sandbox. In it I play, build my forts and castles, spend glorious time."

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Source : Rabih Alameddine (2014). “An Unnecessary Woman”, p.5, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Rabih Alameddine

#Play Quotes #Long Quotes #Lust Quotes

“I can't say I have always been fashionable because we all have hits and misses.”

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“Like the alchemist of old, for ever searching for the philosopher's stone, the analyst to-day never stops looking for stronger moves to prevent the defender from establishing equality.”
“Israel is the canary in the mine. What happens to Israel will eventually happen to America itself.”
“Never put off until run time what you can do at compile time.”
“What's the biggest thing you've zapped with a fireball?' I asked. 'That would be a tiger,'said Nightingale. 'Well don't tell Greenpeace,' I said. 'They're an endagered species.' 'Not that sort of tiger,' said Nightingale. 'A Panzer-kampfwagen sechs Ausf E.' I stared at him. 'You knocked out a Tiger tank with a fireball?' 'Actually I knocked out two,' said Nightingale. 'I have to admit that the first one took three shots, one to disable the tracks, one through the driver's eye slot and one down the commander's hatch - brewed up rather nicely.”
“For me to be pompous is the most horrible thing in the world. It's like putting a wall around you. It screws you up. You'd better be willing to change your views or adapt and be modern.”
“Self-esteem is the greatest sickness known to man or woman because it's conditional.”
“I canâ€™t go to a restaurant and order food because I keep looking at the fonts on the menu.”

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