"Yes, we could solve for why, but we could also eat another slice of coconut cake."

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Source : Sam Lipsyte (2013). “The Fun Parts: Stories”, p.128, Macmillan

Sam Lipsyte

#Cake Quotes #Coconuts Quotes #Solve Quotes

“There are so many great things in life; why dwell on negativity?”
“I guess you heard about this; the U.S. Olympic Committee is coming under fire after it was revealed that the uniforms for Team USA to be worn in the opening ceremony were made in China. Turns out they were made by some of the same kids who could beat us in gymnastics. That's the worst part.”
“Schools are really bad now. Schools are not only bad in reading, writing and arithmetic, they're worse in cultural aspects, like in music and art. They don't teach you anything.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Before you look for validation in others, try and find it in yourself”
“I experienced direct telepathy with other people, and during one such incident, I I received a channelling of cosmic information from some being in another realm. It came directly through a friend who was tripping on acid, and as he began speaking stream-of-consciousness to me and my girlfriend - and both of us were very stoned on grass - his words conveyed cosmic instructions and information we all three knew to be profoundly important and meaningful.”
“Christianity is a love relationship between a child of God and his Maker through the Son Jesus Christ and in the power of the Holy Spirit.”
“The world should have stopped, but it didn't. The world kept on going. How can the world just keep on going? An earthquake in India kills a thousand people, and the world keeps on going. A famine in China kills a million people, and the world keeps on going. The twin towers of the World Trade Center buckle and fall, and the world, the world keeps on going.”

Source : Alison McGhee (2013). “All Rivers Flow to the Sea”, p.2, Candlewick Press
“I didn't want a divorce but had to because of circumstance.”

Source : "Sarah Ferguson: Diana, the Queen and I" by Nancy Collins, www.harpersbazaar.com. May 19, 2011.

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