"when the sky is as grey as this - impeccably grey, a denial, really of the very concept of colour - and the stooped millions lift their heads, it's hard to tell the air from the impurities in our human eyes, as if the sinking climbing paisley curlicues of grit were part of the element itself, rain, spores, tears, film, dirt. Perhaps, at such moments, the sky is no more then the sum of the dirt that lives in our human eyes."

-- Martin Amis

#Rain Quotes #Eye Quotes #Climbing Quotes

“Second to agriculture, humbug is the biggest industry of our age.”
“Avoid all controversy in preaching, talking, or writing; preach nothing down but the devil, and nothing up but Jesus Christ.”
“To see is to forget the name of the thing one sees.”
“Being a caretaker is, and never will be, an easy job; in fact, it is that hardest job in the world and many times a thankless job. You have to be the pillar of strength even when you feel like you are crumbling to pieces inside.”

Source : "Jenna Morasca and Ethan Zohn Share Their Story of Love, Survivor and Battling Cancer". Interview with Rosemary Brennan, www.glamour.com. May 10, 2011.
“Practices should be for the players and not the coach. Practices should be fun for the players, positive in nature, and last no more than two hours.”
“Friends who love you and have warmth for your creative life are the very best suns in the world.”
“Where's your sense of adventure?" "Off on a beach somewhere with your sanity?”
“A state that suppresses all freedom of speech, and which by imposing the most terrible punishments, treats each and every attempt at criticism, however morally justified, and every suggestion for improvement as plotting to high treason, is a state that breaks an unwritten law.”

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