"those two wholesome defects of the French people, malice and curiosity, both of which are essential to its greatness."

-- Marthe Bibesco

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“I'm certain that it was an incredible gift for me to not only be friends with some of the greatest blues people who've ever lived, but to learn how they played, how they sang, how they lived their lives, ran their marriages, and talked to their kids.”
“I think I was as mentally tough as I've ever been. I felt like I handled the situation both on and off the court extremely well. I felt like I needed to.”
“Fantasy and science fiction can be literal as well as allegorical and thereâ€™s nothing wrong with enjoying a monster like a giant squid for what it is, as well as searching for metaphor.”
“Kiss me with rain on your eyelashes, come on, let us sway together, under the trees, and to hell with thunder.”

Source : Edwin Morgan (2011). “A Book of Lives”, p.42, Carcanet
“These people fail to realize that it is on the inside that God must be defended, not on the outside. They should direct their anger at themselves. For evil in the open is but evil from within that has been let out. The main battlefield for good is not the open ground of the public arena but the small clearing of each heart.”
“I don't believe in reincarnation, and I didn't believe in it when I was a hamster.”
“Though I know consciousness kind of boxes you in, it still encompasses the artists that I knew were conscious throughout history of music - they're the ones that you look at as the legends.”
“I only pay to take my son to the movies, because most of the time I only watch European movies, independent movies, or screen them privately. But I like to go to movies with my son because it's still fun; it reminds me of why I make movies.”

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