"As a travel writer I've specialized in gritty, fearful destinations, the kind of places that make a reader's hair stick on end."

-- Tahir Shah

#Travel Quotes #Hair Quotes #Sticks Quotes

“My life is too tight, he wanted to say. My skin is too tight. The walls are too tight.”

Source : Hugh Howey (2013). “Wool”, p.22, Simon and Schuster
“When we did eventually get to the party - me walking next to Dad's Volvo driving at five miles an hour - I had a horrible time. Everyone laughed at first but then more or less ignored me. In a mood of defiant stuffed oliveness I did have a dance by myself but things kept crashing to the floor around me. The host asked if I would sit down. I had a go at that but it was useless. In the end I was at the gate for about an hour before Dad arrived.”

Source : Louise Rennison (2013). “The Fab Confessions of Georgia Nicolson:”, p.10, HarperCollins UK
“You paint the way you have to in order to give. That's life itself, and someone will look and say it is the product of knowing, but it has nothing to do with knowing, it has to do with giving.”

Source : Franz Kline (1994). “Franz Kline: Art and the structure of identity”, Gingko Pr Inc
“Always store beer in a dark place.”
“I can be a bit grumpy. Im full of angst, and hormones.”
“I never learned to verbalize an abstract musical concept. No thank you. The whole point of being a serious musician is to avoid verbalization whenever you can.”
“Here is a neuron that fires when I reach and grab something, but it also fires when I watch Joe reaching and grabbing something. ... It's as though this neuron is adopting the other person's point of view.”
“The personal contact is a personal thing. The fact that some people don't know their neighbors, I don't think that technology is at fault. You don't lose anything with technology. You gain other avenues of understanding.”

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