"Not to hope for things to last forever, is what the year teaches and even the hour which snatches a nice day away."

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Horace

#Change Quotes #Nice Quotes #Years Quotes

“Seattle was built out on pilings over the sea, and at high tide the whole city seemed to come afloat like a ship lifting free from a mud berth and swaying in its chains.”

Source : Jonathan Raban (2017). “Driving Home: An American Scrapbook”, p.16, Pan Macmillan
“Listening to Eric TaylorÂ is better than reading a Larry McMurtry novel and easier on the eyes.”
“I remember, May 1944: I was 15-and-a-half, and I was thrown into a haunted universe where the story of the human adventure seemed to swing irrevocably between horror and malediction.”
“Raise your hand if youâ€™ve spent nights crying yourself to sleep, raise your hand if youâ€™ve felt as if youâ€™d rather hide in bed all day than face the people that make you feel small or powerless! Raise your hand if youâ€™ve felt as if youâ€™d rather lie to people than tell them the truth about who you really are, because at least you wouldnâ€™t be the victim of hateful behavior or prejudice! And raise your hand if lying feels almost as bad.”
“It's impossible to make a movie out of 'Naked Lunch.' A literal translation just wouldn't work. It would cost $400 million to make and would be banned in every country of the world.”
“I'm still writing songs but leaving them a lot more open and not trying to control every nuance of it.”
“People are here because they've got baggage. I'm talking curbside-check-in, pay-the-fine-'cause-it's-over-fifty-pounds kind of baggage. Get it?”
“O Jesus and Mary, let my entire consolation in this world be to love you and to suffer for sinners.”

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