"So far as one can generalize, the most graciouis, cultivated, and innovative people in this country are French Canadians. Certainly they have given us the most exciting politicians of our time: Trudeau, LÃ©vesque. Without them, Canada would be an exceedingly boring and greatly diminished place."

-- Mordecai Richler

#Country Quotes #People Quotes #Would Be Quotes

“The squid is so cooperative. Its body forms a tube that can be stuffed with marvelous fillings. You don't have to be Greek to enjoy this one.”
“The Moon is essentially gray - no color - looks like plaster of paris - soft of gray sand.”
“The world is... the natural setting of, and field for, all my thoughts and all my explicit perceptions. Truth does not inhabit only the inner man, or more accurately, there is no inner man, man is in the world, and only in the world does he know himself.”

Source : Maurice Merleau-Ponty (2002). “Phenomenology of Perception”, p.12, Psychology Press
“There are people who think contraception is immoral because the object of copulation is procreation. In a similar way there are people who think the only reason to read a book is to write a book...”

Source : Helen DeWitt (2016). “The Last Samurai”, p.18, New Directions Publishing
“I told the doctor I was overtired, anxiety-ridden, compulsively active, constantly depressed, with recurring fits of paranoia. Turns out I'm normal.”
“Love is a daily, mutual exchange of value.”
“I wish that someone had said to me that it's normal to feel lost for a little while.”
“If I'm at home for the weekend - and that is almost never - I tend to get twitchy at about eight o'clock in the evening because my body clock is timed to go on stage. I don't know what to do with myself.”

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