"May this house stand until an ant drinks the ocean and a tortoise circles the world."

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Source : Jonathan Carroll (2010). “White Apples”, p.60, Macmillan

Jonathan Carroll

#Ocean Quotes #Circles Quotes #House Quotes

“Perspective should be learned - and then forgotten. The residue - a sensitivity to perspective - helps perception, varying with each individual and determined by his responsive needs.”
“With comedy, I like to not rehearse and just have fun with it, because I think being spontaneous is the best thing for a comedy, in my opinion.”
“Words are what sticks to the real. We use them to push the real, to drag the real into the poem. They are what we hold on with, nothing else. They are as valuable in themselves as rope with nothing to be tied to.”

Source : Jack Spicer (2010). “My Vocabulary Did This to Me: The Collected Poetry of Jack Spicer”, p.196, Wesleyan University Press
“Bill Maher fancies himself the reincarnation of Lenny Bruce.”

Source : "Far Left Brands O'Reilly's Obama Interview Racist". "The O'Reilly Factor", www.foxnews.com. February 14, 2011.
“I do a lot of research and yes, do know quite a few police officers, friends of mine and my husbands. However, most of my books are researched based on Canadian laws or the laws of each country (ie: Mexico and USA) and I do my best to make them accurate.”
“I'm not really that bothered by appearance. I know a few players who go off doing stuff in the mirror ages before they go out to play a game, but I'm not really interested in that.”
“Sunglasses are great, but I always feel a bit pretentious wearing sunglasses. I mean, I do love to wear them.”
“Ninety percent of the members of the Academy of German Law were not members of the Party.”

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