"How grudging memory is, and how bitterly she clutches the raw material of her daily work."

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Lawrence Durrell

#Memories Quotes #Raw Materials Quotes #Daily Work Quotes

“An hour before his world exploded like a ripe tomato under a stiletto heel, Myron bit into a fresh pastry that tasted suspiciously like urinal cake.”
“All philosophy lies in two words, sustain and abstain.”
“Young men now want to be caregivers as well as earners so they have joined with women in demanding a different compact at work; they want flex and time for family too.”
“To my mind the boy who gives least promise is one in whom the critical faculty develops in advance of the imagination.”
“You don't really have to dress a ton of actors. You don't really have to spend a bunch of money lining up extras to look the time period.”

Source : Source: gq.com
“Some of what these pamphlets [of astrological forecasts] say will turn out to be true, but most of it time and experience will expose as empty and worthless. The latter part will be forgotten literally: written on the winds while the former will be carefully entered in people's memories, as is usual with the crowd.”
“I feel really good in the teacher role.”
“Endure, and keep yourselves for days of happiness.”

Source : Virgil (1978). “Virgil: Georgics ; Aeneid I-VI. Eclogues”

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