"I was born and I live in a small village, where the centre of life is the square, and the small bar/cafe."

-- Diego Della Valle

#Squares Quotes #Bars Quotes #Cafes Quotes

“Right now I'm so old that if I had a big gush of money, I don't know what I'd do with it. I don't travel anymore. I don't need anything, don't want anything. I'd give it to my son, I guess, and let him enjoy it.”
“I do believe strongly in photography and hope by following it intuitively that when the photographs are looked at they will touch the spirit in people.”
“The only guide to a man's conscience, the only shield to his memory is the rectitude and sincerity of his actions.”
“I can give you my loneliness, my darkness, the hunger of my heart, I am trying to bribe you with uncertainty, with danger, with defeat.”

Source : Jorge Luis Borges (2011). “Poesía completa”, p.140, DEBOLS!LLO
“Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe.”

Source : "A home for Mr Naipaul". Interview with Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. September 11, 2004.
“It is an amazing thing, the difference to oneâ€™s powers of concentration a pair of comfortable shoes can make.”

Source : Laurie R. King (2012). “O Jerusalem”, p.55, Allison & Busby
“I used to watch 'The Waltons' and sob because my family was nothing like that. We had a cruel sense of humor in my family.”
“As you may recall, Truman was extremely unpopular when he finally left Washington in 1953, thanks largely to the Korean War. Today, however, he is thought to have been a solidly good president, a 'Near Great' even, in the terminology of those surveys of historians they do every now and then.”

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