"Activities that seem to represent choices are often inert reproductions of accepted practice."

“I felt I had dissolved into a pure energy state and become one with the magnetic field surrounding the earth”

“Grief-stricken. Stricken is right; it is as though you had been felled. Knocked to the ground; pitched out of life and into something else.”

Source : Penelope Lively (2007). “Moon Tiger”, p.104, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

“Used to the conditions of a capitalistic environment, the average American takes it for granted that every year business makes something new and better accessible to him. Looking backward upon the years of his own life, he realizes that many implements that were totally unknown in the days of his youth and many others which at that time could be enjoyed only by a small minority are now standard equipment of almost every household.”

“Cats never strike a pose that isn't photogenic.”

Source : Lilian Jackson Braun (1989). “The Cat Who Went Underground”, p.59, Penguin

“A survey released today found that men spend twice as much on their mistresses for Christmas as they do on their wives. On the other hand, men spend half their income on the wives when the wife finds out about the mistress. So it all balances out.”

“Every time I play with someone, not just a new person, but someone I've been with all along, that's where I really learn.”

Source : "'When I'm looking back I'm actually trying to find some kind of a key to go forward'". Interview with Jake Nussbaum, logger.believermag.com. August 5, 2014.

“The Jew is upset because the nations of the world - the United Nations - lash him, brand him as racist and evil, hate him and openly demonstrate their desire to destroy him.”

“They say before you make something happen you have to see it yourself. I have been seeing it for a long time and I am living my dream.”