"The boundary between expert and amateur was an imposed social-cultural "protection" which actually exposed a number of women to a fatal disease, because decaying matter, as the fireman said of fire (cited in the book's final piece, "Torch Song") "ain't got no rules on it.""

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Laura Mullen

#Song Quotes #Book Quotes #Fire Quotes

“My father painted, well into his 80s, what he called hard edge abstractions.It's really cool.”
“I stop and look at traffic accidents. I won't hang around, but when I hear something is terrible, as bad as it is, I've gotta look at it.”
“The world is becoming more affluent. We are generating more and more money - so more spending will go on. In the west, we're opening our purses and moths are flying out - but we've got to remember that, in other markets, this is not an issue.”
“The burden of keeping three people in toilet paper seemed to me rather a heavy one.”

Source : Barbara Pym (2006). “Excellent Women”, p.16, Penguin
“I was writing "Diamonds and Rust' and it had nothing to do with what it turned out to be. I don't remember what it is, but I think I was writing a song. It was literally interrupted by a phone call, and it just took another curve and it came out to be what it was.”
“Our planet is warming due to pollution from human activities. And a warming climate increases the likelihood of extreme weather.”

Source : "A Night in New York" by Gloria Reuben, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 13, 2010.
“A baby changes your dinner party conversation from politics to poops [very pleasant thanks for that mental image Maurice!]”
“I've lived a charmed life. I've been very lucky. God has been very kind to me.”

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