"There's an old Sysan saying that the soup of life is salty enough without adding tears to it."

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Source : Iain Banks (2002). “Look to Windward”, p.389, Simon and Schuster

Iain Banks

#Tears Quotes #Soup Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“There is nothing more attractive than a nice smile”
“There's something about shadows because you make your own mind up about what's lurking in them.”
“Most of my songs are about Jesus. Most of my songs are about the idea that there is salvation, and that there is a Savior. But I won't mention his name in a song just to get a cheap play.”
“In those days Mr. Sherlock Holmes was still living in Baker Street and the Bastables were looking for treasure in the Lewisham Road.”
“Such excess of passion is quite out of fashion”
“There's something wrong with the brakes." He didn't recognize his shaky, weak voice. He pumped them again. Nothing.Â "There's something wrong with the BRAKES?" "I don't think we have any." "We don't have any BRAKES?" "Bro, it doesn't help to repeat everything I say!" Jonah yelled.”
“A swift carriage, of a dark night, rattling with four horses over roads that one canâ€™t see--thatâ€™s my idea of happiness.”
“Graffiti is one of the few tools you have if you have almost nothing.”

Source : "Objectified" by Joe Winkler, www.guernicamag.com. October 22, 2013.

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