"A map does not just chart, it unlocks and formulates meaning; it forms bridges between here and there, between disparate ideas that we did not know were previously connected."

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Source : Reif Larsen (2010). “The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet: A Novel”, p.151, Penguin

Reif Larsen

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“For me, the most important thing is the element of chance that is built into a live performance. The very great drawback of recorded sound is the fact that it is always the same. No matter how wonderful a recording is, I know that I couldn't live with it--even of my own music--with the same nuances forever.”
“I need to figure out the secret. I need to work out how to keep things flying back to me instead of always flying away.”

Source : Carol Rifka Brunt (2012). “Tell the Wolves I'm Home: A Novel”, p.350, Dial Press
“For 'Seabiscuit,' I interviewed 100 people I never met.”
“We not only grew up on Be-Bop; Be-Bop raised us. For my generation, Be-Bop came on like a light bulb going flash behind the eyes.For us, it was not only an intellectual movement, but a way of life. We walked, dressed, and rapped Be-Bop.”

Source : Ishmael Reed (1995). “Airing Dirty Laundry”, Perseus Books
“Don't lose yourself just because you found somebody.”
“There are not enough poems in praise of bed ...”
“All the blessings we enjoy are Divine deposits, committed to our trust on this condition, that they should be dispensed for the benefit of our neighbors.”
“People are so busy anyway they don't see you or recognise you in the street.”

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