"Most people would look at an animal in a cage and instinctively feel that it should be set free. . . . It's a dangerous world out there, filled with predators. . . . What would you prefer? A comfortable, safe, warm, cosy life in a cage, or an uncertain life of freedom."

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Source : Scarlett Thomas (2012). “Going Out”, p.6, Canongate Books

Scarlett Thomas

#Animal Quotes #People Quotes #Looks Quotes

“A champion doesn't become a champion in the ring, he's merely recognized in the ring. His â€œbecomingâ€ happens during his daily routine.”
“...music is about as physical as it gets: your essential rhythm is your heartbeat; your essential sound, the breath. We're walking temples of noise, and when you add tender hearts to this mix, it somehow lets us meet in places we couldn't get to any other way.”
“Government cannot be all things to all people.”
“For the first month of school, writing is its own upper. Pounding on my computer keys feels like playing the piano, like arranging words into harmony that sings back to me.”

Source : Koren Zailckas (2006). “Smashed: Story of a Drunken Girlhood”, p.170, Penguin
“It would behoove you to have your thesis finely tuned and the logical arguments utilized in support of it tightly woven into a credible, and creatively persuasive tapestry.”
“Hell is not filled with people who are deeply sorry for their sins. It is filled with people who for all eternity still shake their puny fist in the face of God Almighty.”
“I'm interested in playing old ladies because I am becoming one. And I want to become a very good one!”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I do not crave this" But he needed it before he became a danger to himself and others.”

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