"Time is never wasted if you remember to bring along something to read."

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Source : Thomas Pynchon (2012). “Against the Day”, p.211, Penguin

Thomas Pynchon

#Remember Quotes

“There was an expression of intensity in dance that was so compelling to me that I wanted a piece of that action.”
“In a profound sense every man has two halves to his being; he is not one person so much as two persons trying to act in unison. I believe that in the heart of each human being there is something which I can only describe as a child of darkness who is equal and complementary to the more obvious child of light.”

Source : Laurens Van Der Post (2013). “Feather Fall: An Anthology of Laurens Van Der Post”, p.35, Random House
“I am a better novelist than a poet, playwright, or essayist.”
“Who could not be moved by the sight of that poor, demoralized rabble, outwitted, outflanked, outmanoeuvered by the U.S. military? Yet, given time, I think the press will bounce back.”
“I'll hear something in my head, then eventually play it. But it's a subconscious thing. Most of the time I really don't know what I'm playing.”
“I'm not different. I'm not different at all. The wrapping is different but the gift is still the same.”
“The good must merit God's peculiar care; But who but God can tell us who they are?”
“Cats always seem so very wise, when staring with their half-closed eyes. Can they be thinking, I'll be nice, and maybe she will feed me twice?”

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