"As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat."

-- Pliny the Elder

#Garden Quotes #Smell Quotes #Taste Quotes

“There's something about a parenthesis in fiction that puts one off, saying, "It's me, moi, jumping in now."”
“There's nothing I value more than the closeness of friends and family, a smile as I pass someone on the street.”
“I deal with the hatred by loving my supporters more.”

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“Ordinary facts are arranged within time, strung along its length as on a thread. There they have their antecedents and their consequences, which crowd tightly together and press hard one upon the other without any pause. This has its importance for any narrative, of which continuity and successiveness are the soul.”

Source : Bruno Schulz, Jonathan Safran Foer, David Goldfarb (2008). “The street of crocodiles and other stories”, Penguin Classics
“Perfection is terrible, it cannot have children.”
“I know my Beijing medal has been a watershed moment in the history of Indian boxing , but personally speaking, I would like to better it in London.”
“You doubt God? Well more to the point I credit God with the good sense to doubt me. What is mortality after all but divine doubt flashing over us? For an instant God suspends assent and poof! we disappear.”
“We look at each other for a moment and for once I feel awkward. It's not that I'm not into humility; I've just never had to practise it.”

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