"The task is not so much to solve problems as to propose questions."

-- Donald Barthelme

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“Some people are really into being music-minded and knowing all their scales and how to read music and speak the language.”
“If we could see the whole truth of any situation, our only response would be one of compassion.”
“A page is turning for me. I won't be candidate in legislative elections, nor in any elections to come.”
“It doesn't matter who you are, there are stars in every city, in every house, and on every street.”
“I am a child who is getting on.”
“Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.”
“You live more in five minutes on a bike like this going flat out than some people live in a lifetime.”

Source : "Fictional character: Burt Munro". "The World's Fastest Indian", 2005.
“Travel at its truest is thus an ironic experience, and the best travellers . . . seem to be those able to hold two or three inconsistent ideas in their minds at the same time, or able to regard themselves as at once serious persons and clowns.”

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