"Lips move; lips touch; lips signal. Lips are on the outside for show, and on the most secret inside of your mouth. Lips frame words that lie. Lips frame a hole that wants to be filled."

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Source : Jane Rogers (2012). “The Ice is Singing”, p.35, Canongate Books

Jane Rogers

#Lying Quotes #Moving Quotes #Secret Quotes

“Having lasted for 4,000 years, the use of nature's materials to express ideas about nature may be expected to continue. The best garden designs are produced with an awareness of the art, science, history, geography, philosophy, social habits and construction techniques of their period.”
“Even the Lord had skeptical members of His party.”

Source : "The Last Good Campaign" by Thurston Clarke, www.vanityfair.com. June 2008.
“Every body continues in its state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, except insofar as it doesn't.”
“I had a very angry father and was disconnected from my family.”
“Stars don't want to have flaws. Stars like to be likable.”

Source : "Jeff Daniels: Standing Next to the A-List". Interview with Scott Raab, www.esquire.com. July 22, 2009.
“When I'm in my normal mood, music drips from my fingers.”
“When you push someone too far, they will push back and they push hard.”
“It's entirely ridiculous and hopeless to try to compete with somebody who made such a huge contribution to photography... I knew when I went into photography that I would be compared to my mother. I thought to myself, what can I do about that?”

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