"Where man had been, in every place he left, garbage remained. Even in his pursuit of the ultimate truth and quest for his God, he produced garbage. By his garbage, which lay stratum upon stratum, he could always - one had only to dig - be known. For more long-lived than man is his refuse. Garbage alone lives after him."

-- Gunter Grass

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“My handicap? Man, I am a one-eyed, black Jew! That's my handicap!”

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“It's fun to have a crush on somebody, even one that lasts only fifteen seconds. In New York I can go down the street and have a crush on somebody coming toward me, and then she walks by and the crush disappears. It's quite pleasant.”

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“I work hard. The staff and crew see how much energy I put into this project, and it makes them step up.”
“Nature is an experimenter.”
“I know as a writer how valuable a tool is the wastebasket. Perhaps God throws away many experiments before He finds the right expression. Perhaps we are the discards - or we could be the part He keeps. This mystery is what keeps us all going, to see what happens in the next chapter.”
“Scoring goals is like making love: everyone can do it, but nobody does it like me.”
“We are consumed by safety. Obsessed with it, actually. Now, Iâ€™m not saying it is wrong to pray for Godâ€™s protection, but I am questioning how weâ€™ve made safety our highest priority. Weâ€™ve elevated safety to the neglect of whatever Godâ€™s best is, whatever would bring God the most glory, or whatever would accomplish His purposes in our lives and in the world.”
“He must not laugh at his own wheeze: a snuff box has no right to sneeze.”

Source : Keith Preston (1921). “Splinters”

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