"Tangled in one another's arms and nine times out of ten the things you think about a person make it impossible to touch them."

-- Rick Moody

#Thinking Quotes #Tangled Quotes #Nine Quotes

“Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive.”
“And no matter what you do or how hard you try, you canâ€™t stop yourself from dreaming.”
“Drugs in a disco are great for white people because it allows them to feel more Puerto Rican while dancing.”
“If you're running for reelection in the House of Representatives race, you know, it's very important to you that you be on fairly good terms with the local affiliates in the largest market in your area. I mean you don't want to antagonize them.”
“To me, it's all about the song. Songs are what make me excited. You hear a great song and you want to record it or get a great idea and you want to write it.”
“Please, don't torture me with cliches. If you're going to try to intimidate me, have the courtesy to go away for a while, acquire a better education, improve your vocabulary, and come back with some fresh metaphors.”
“Birth was the death of him.”
“I had an indefatigable curiosity about everything. But why should my fate have depended upon that? Why does the curiosity of a child born into the lowest classes have to overcome everything put in his or her way to mute that curiosity, when a child born to parents with access to the advantages of life will have his meager curiosity kindled and nurtured? The unfairness is horrifying when it is properly understood as an unfairness meted out on children, on infants, on babies.”

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