"What we need to question is bricks, concrete, glass, our table manners, our utensils, our tools, the way we spend our time, our rhythms. To question that which seems to have ceased forever to astonish us. We live, true, we breathe, true; we walk, we go downstairs, we sit at a table in order to eat, we lie down on a bed on order to sleep. How? Where? When? Why? Describe your street. Describe another. Compare."

-- Georges Perec

#Lying Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Glasses Quotes

“I agree with what the Chairman Greenspan said whatever it is that he did say.”
“I have ballet class every other day for two hours. And for "Six Feet Under", last week there was a sequence where I had to do a whole choreographed dance number, so I had four hours of dance practice every day.”
“I firmly believe that we can have a healthy environment and a sustainable timber industry.”
“Are people so unhappy when they love?" "Yes, Christine, when they love and are not sure of being loved.”

Source : Gaston Leroux (2015). “The Phantom of the Opera: Horror and Romance”, p.109, 谷月社
“You can't make your kids what you want them to be. They are who they are and you have to help them to succeed in the world as best you can.”
“Well, you know my number one cause has always been that women's reproductive health needs to be protected.”
“You will feel the full force of the law and if you are old enough to commit these crimes you are old enough to face the punishments. And to these people I would say this: you are not only wrecking the lives of others, you are potentially wrecking your own life too.”
“Boys do tell you how they really feel. I think you just have to be in the right place at the right time or maybe be the right person”

Source : Kate Brian (2008). “Megan Meade's Guide to the McGowan Boys”, p.156, Simon and Schuster

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