"In the time it takes for her to walk from the bathhouse at the seawall of Fortune's Rocks, where she has left her boots and has discreetly pulled off her stockings, to the waterline along which the sea continually licks the pink and silver sand, she learns about desire."

-- Anita Shreve

#Rocks Quotes #Sea Quotes #Desire Quotes

“I'm fortunate that I'm employed. And if you're in show business, of course, every night you go to bed and go, oh my god, tomorrow I'll never, ever work again.”

Source : "'Canadian Jon Stewart' Explains Thanksgiving". Interview with Scott Simon, www.npr.org. October 9, 2010.
“And so it is with us; we serve as handmaidens to Death. When we are guided by His will, killing is a sacrament.”
“Enthusiasm glows, radiates, permeates and immediately captures everyone's interest.”
“What we need is a world full of miracles, like the miracle of seeing the young child seeking work and independence, and manifesting a wealth of enthusiasm and love.”
“I've been through Hell with some of the members of my old band, and Hell is highly stressful.”
“Singing becomes a form of therapy.”
“History proves abundantly that pure science, undertaken without regard to applications to human needs, is usually ultimately of direct benefit to mankind.”
“It's good to be the king.”

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