"From this height the sleeping city seems like a child's construction, a model which has refused to be constrained by imagination. The volcanic plug might be black Plasticine, the castle balanced solidly atop it a skewed rendition of crenellated building bricks. The orange street lamps are crumpled toffee-wrappers glued to lollipop sticks."

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Source : Ian Rankin (2010). “Dead Souls: An Inspector Rebus Novel”, p.3, Macmillan

Ian Rankin

#Children Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Cities Quotes

“Things won't start your life for you. I'm learning that. You have have to start your life for yourself.”
“Some programming languages manage to absorb change, but withstand progress.”
“You have to have a certain kind of celebrity to pull something that big together, but I had a whole thing called The Spirit of Man that I wanted to do worldwide concerts in celebration for the spirit of man. So, as I move forward, that would be the kind of thing that I have.”
“You must believe in truth that whatever God gives or permits is for your salvation.”
“I don't believe there's a reason for everything, and having faith doesn't mean I'm blind. I believe people make poor choices. I believe bad things happen to good people. I believe there's evil in the word that I will never understand, but will never stop fighting.”
“My mom has raised me saying, "Always be yourself." So to be able to play a character that verifies just that, is such a thrill and adventure for me.”

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“I think it's a natural fit, major league baseball and country music.”
“Anything good that I have written has, at some point during its composition, left me feeling uneasy and afraid. It has seemed, for a moment at least, to put me at risk.”

Source : Michael Chabon (2011). “Maps and Legends: Reading and Writing Along the Borderlands”, p.163, Open Road Media

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