"The present in New York is so powerful that the past is lost."

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John Jay Chapman

#New York Quotes #Powerful Quotes #Past Quotes

“Delhi came as a shock. There were so many people, and oh, the traffic.”
“I told myself that some families we get without asking, while others we choose. And I chose those two. I think thatâ€™s what youâ€™d call a silver lining.”
“Show dogs and their handlers remind me of Brooke Shields and her mother: an incredibly disheveled person tethered to an impeccably groomed animal.”
“I mean, evil and boredom. Evil and ennui. Evil and the lack of stimulation. Evil and sluggish blood.”
“I'm a country boy. I'm from Georgia.”
“Sometimes it takes some time out on your own to find your way back home.”
“There are two sorts of curiosity - the momentary and the permanent. The momentary is concerned with the odd appearance on the surface of things. The permanent is attracted by the amazing and consecutive life that flows on beneath the surface of things.”
“The music of language became extremely important to me, and obvious to me. By the time I was seven I was writing myself. I was a poet”

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