"Odd how clear it suddenly became, once a person had died, that the body was the very least of him."

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Source : Anne Tyler (1991). “Anne Tyler: a new collection : three complete novels”, Outlet

Anne Tyler

#Death Quotes #Body Quotes #Odd Quotes

“Last night I learned how to be a lover of God. To live in this world and call nothing my own.”
“Sometimes being a brother is even better than being a superhero.”
“My father - until the day that my dad died - didn't know how many points you scored in a touchdown. He could say there were nine innings in baseball, but no intricacies of the sport.”
“Art is nowhere near as dangerous as it should be.”
“Are the people in your life inspiring you or tiring you?”
“The work of art is brought into the world without there being a need for it. The house satisfies a requirement. The work of art is responsible to none; the house is responsible to everyone. The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort.”
“That's the marvellous thing about seasteads; if a government fails, there's nothing much the people who live there can do about it. But if seasteads fail, they simply disassemble and go away.”

Source : Source: www.abc.net.au
“When I was 15 years old, I used to actually dream I was pitching in Yankee Stadium. Bill Dickey was my catcher.”

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