"People say it's not what happens in your life that matters, it's what you think happened. But this qualification, obviously, did not go far enough. It was quite possible that the central event of your life could be something that didn't happen, or something you thought didn't happen. Otherwise there'd be no need for fiction, there'd only be memoirs and histories..."

-- Geoff Dyer

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Events Quotes

“Of all mushrooms commonly consumed, oyster mushrooms in the genus Pleurotus stand out as exceptional allies for improving human and environmental health. These mushrooms enjoy a terrific reputation as the easiest to cultivate, richly nutritious and medicinally supportive.”

Source : "The Mighty Oyster Mushroom: The Workhorse of Gourmet Fungi" by Paul Stamets, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 25, 2013.
“The creative core of New York has never been native New Yorkers; it's people from all over the world.”
“No matter how qualified you are, you won't reach a better life until you imagine it.”
“I'm just here to be your friend. Your best friend, one last time.”
“I've got some news... I'm delighted to announce that Simon and I are expecting our first child together. I wanted you to hear the news direct from me, obviously we're over the moon.”
“Actually I'm not that involved in the fan site.”
“I am not in front of my body, I am in it or rather I am it... If we can still speak of interpretation in relation to the perception of one's own body, we shall have to say that it interprets itself.”

Source : Maurice Merleau-Ponty (2002). “Phenomenology of Perception”, p.173, Routledge
“I'm not a heartthrob. I hate that word.”

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