"Real life seems to have no plots."

-- Ivy Compton-Burnett

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“The most powerful argument of all for saving open space is economics; in most states, tourism is the number two industry.”
“Sport must be accessible to working class youth.”
“Three times a day Petrovich showed up at the nurse's office for his injections, always using the hypodermic needle himself like the most craven of junkies, though after shooting up he would play the concert piano in the auditorium with astounding artistry, as though insulin were the elixir of genius.”
“I've never actually seen a Star Trek, but I have seen an Alien movie.”
“It is a long baptism into the seas of humankind, my daughter. Better immersion than to live untouched.”

Source : Tillie Olsen (1995). “Tell Me a Riddle”, p.293, Rutgers University Press
“In truth I was manufacturing a brick wall of shits.”
“He was one of the most supremely stupid men I have ever met. He taught me a great deal.”
“How delicious is the winning Of a kiss at Love's beginning, When two mutual hearts are sighing For the knot there's no untying!”

Source : Thomas Campbell (1837). “The Poetical Works of Thomas Campbell”, p.226

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