"In some sense, prose fiction is just a way of unlocking a space. If I can unlock the space, it comes out and it's vivid, I find that I care about it, and it's part of me."

-- Ben Marcus

#Space Quotes #Fiction Quotes #Care Quotes

“I've made myself laugh from some ideas - but I've never scared myself.”
“The main obligation is to amuse yourself.”

Source : "I Seem to be a Verb". Book by Buckminster Fuller, p. 62, 1970.
“Sometimes when reading Goethe I have the paralyzing suspicion that he is trying to be funny.”
“The clue to one's next step toward the door of initiation may be revealed at the Full Moon during the sign of Taurus.”
“A small speckled visitor Wearing a crimson cape Brighter than a cherry Smaller than a grape A polka-dotted someone Walking on my wall A black-hooded lady In a scarlet shawl.”
“What is more refreshing than salads when your appetite seems to have deserted you.”

Source : Alexis Soyer (1855). “A Shilling Cookery for the People: Embracing an Entirely New System of Plain Cookery and Domestic Economy”, p.155
“Remember," he called. "Just be yourself, and everyone will love you!" Nick rolled his eyes and made a rude gesture, and Alan drove the car away laughing.”
“You can hate me, but why knock my hustle? I'ma be the queen no matter how they shuffle.”

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