"When you cut into the present the future leaks out."

-- William S. Burroughs

#Cutting Quotes #Leaks Quotes

“Politics have no relation to morals.”
“When I decided to go for four gold medals I planned it out over a few years. It was in four different events and there was a lot to it.”
“Genuine beginnings begin within us, even when they are brought to our attention by external opportunities.”
“A man has a right to want to live.”
“Woman is a most charming creature, who changes her heart as easily as she does her gloves.”
“I cannot praise the common superfluity which women now use in their apparel.”
“All the Congress, all the accountants and tax lawyers, all the judges, and a convention of wizards all cannot tell for sure what the income tax law says.”
“Can storied urn, or animated bust Back to its mansion call the fleeting breath? Can Honour's voice provoke the silent dust, Or Flatt'ry soothe the dull cold ear of Death?”

Source : 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' (1751) l. 41

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