"But what she was really trying to say was this: I like music better than anything in the world, after you."

-- Jonathan Safran Foer

#Trying Quotes #World Quotes

“The confused mass of rules of conduct called law, which has been bequeathed to us by slavery, serfdom, feudalism, and royalty, has taken the place of those stone monsters, before whom human victims used to be immolated, and whom slavish savages dared not even touch lest they should be slain by the thunderbolts of heaven.”
“Rightly conceived, time is the friend of all who are in any way in adversity, for its mazy road winds in and out of the shadows sooner or later into sunshine, and when one is at its darkest point one can be certain that presently it will grow brighte.”
“I've been running like this since I was seven.”
“There's only one direction you can coast-downhill.”
“I've never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality - period.”
“Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that's just in the suitcase when you're an actor.”
“I have no idea what's next, I simply don't have a clue.”
“I used to carry a copy of Ulysses with me everywhere just in case I was knocked down by a bus. It seemed more important than having clean underwear.”

Source : "Genius or fallen idol?". Interviews with Sam Jones, www.theguardian.com. February 10, 2004.

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