"Walking on the land or digging in the fine soil I am intensely aware that time quivers slightly, changes occurring in imperceptible and minute ways, accumulating so subtly that they seem not to exist. Yet the tiny shifts in everything--cell replication, the rain of dust motes, lengthening hair, wind-pushed rocks--press inexorably on and on."

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Source : Annie Proulx (2011). “Bird Cloud: A Memoir of Place”, p.190, Simon and Schuster

Annie Proulx

#Rain Quotes #Hair Quotes #Rocks Quotes

“If you throw 200 innings or more, you have to be in shape. If you work on your diet and strength, it will help you be in perfect shape for the playoffs.”
“It takes a lot more courage to let something go than it does to hang on to it, trying to make it better. Letting go doesn't mean ignoring a situation. Letting go means accepting what is, exactly as it is, without fear, resistance, or a struggle for control.”
“If we wish to rebuild our cities, we must first rebuild our neighborhoods.”

Source : Harvey Milk (2013). “An Archive of Hope: Harvey Milk's Speeches and Writings”, p.167, Univ of California Press
“I didn't understand the American fascination with the Japanese schoolgirl. No, I don't think I can, really.”
“When we talk about Cuban democracy we are referring to participatory democracy which is big difference with representative bourgeois democracy. Our is a democracy in which everything is consulted with the people; it is a democracy in which every aspect and important decision that has an impact in the life and society of the people, is done in consultation.”
“Ever since you're little you hear this: 'The pilgrims left England to escape religious persecution and sneak religious freedom into the new world.' But even when you're little you're like, 'Umm.. Bullsh*t?'”
“I go and film 50 people in Israel, 50 people in Russia, and 50 people in Romania, in Paris, because I really like to get some particles of something real.”
“Muscles come and go; flab lasts.”

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