"Fiction should always steer clear of political considerations."

-- Paul Bowles

#Political Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Consideration Quotes

“There is no difference between alternative and traditional club comedy. People think there's a difference, but I don't think so. It's like gay men versus straight men. There's no difference. They both like sucking penises. But truth be told, I don't even believe alternative comedy is a real thing anymore. I think at this point, it's just a buzz word to make things seem cool and different and hip.”
“This is an apology letter to the both of us for how long it took me to let things go. It was not my intention to make such a production of the emptiness between us playing tuba on the tombstone of a soprano to try and keep some dead singerâ€™s perspective alive. Itâ€™s just that I coulda swore you had sung me a love song back there and that you meant it but I guess sometimes people just chew with their mouth open so I ate ear plugs alive with my throat hoping theyâ€™d get lodged deep enough inside the empty spots that I wouldnâ€™t have to hear you leaving”
“The natural rhythm of human life is routine punctuated by orgies.”
“My dad's a pastor and a seminary professor; my mom, she has such great faith.”
“Slogans are apt to petrify man's thinking ... every slogan, every word almost, that is used by the socialist, the communist, the capitalist. People hardly think nowadays. They throwT words at each other.”
“I hope I have repaid Australia for the humanity it showed me, as it has shown to so many others over the years.”
“The authority of Scripture is greater than the comprehension of the whole of man's reason.”
“Land is the secure ground of home, the sea is like life, the outside, the unknown.”

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