"The standard dreaming of a society has to be listened to."

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Source : Hortense Calisher (2013). “Standard Dreaming: A Novella”, p.43, Open Road Media

Hortense Calisher

#Dream Quotes #Standards Quotes

“Nature never said to me: Do not be poor; still less did she say: Be rich; her cry to me was always: Be independent.”
“Everyone thinks that just because you have a Scouse accent, then you must be 'on the rob'.”
“The biggest emotion in creation is the bridge to optimism.”
“Art is not in the ...eye of the beholder. It's in the soul of the artist.”
“Everybody is continuously connected to everybody else on Twitter, on Facebook, on Instagram, on Reddit, e-mailing, texting, faster and faster, with the flood of information jeopardizing meaning. Everybody's talking at once in a hypnotic, hyper din: the cocktail party from hell.”

Source : "Lost in Space" by Maureen Dowd, www.nytimes.com. April 23, 2013.
“Cowardice, when done correctly, can be its own kind of bravery.”

Source : Paul Neilan (2007). “Apathy and Other Small Victories: A Novel”, p.211, Macmillan
“If you want to live a long time, don't fool with nothing old but money, nothing big but a bank roll, nothing black but a Cadillac, nothing over twenty-two years, nothing that weighs over 130. If you do, you're in trouble. 'Cause when you're getting old and your cells gettin' low, you'll need a Delco battery to boost ya.”
“It's important to me that I should be free to express myself.”

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