"The Spoonsize Boys steal the dollhouse toys while the cat by the fire is curled. Then away they floats in their eggshell boats, down the drains to their underground world."

-- Tim Powers

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“I have often wondered how they manage to get return envelopes which miss, by one-quarter of an inch, fitting the blank you are supposed to return. They say, "Please fill out and return the enclosed envelope," and the enclosed envelope is always one-quarter of an inch too small.”
“The conventional parabola--sentiment, the touch of the hand, the kiss, the passionate kiss, the feel of the body, the climax in the bed, then more bed, then less bed, then the boredom, the tears and the final bitterness--was to him shameful and hypocritical.”
“We must care. We must all care. And while I am working, while the governments is working, so must the people also work.”
“We need worship for our spirit, fellowship for our soul and committed subservience for our body.”

Source : Interview with Don Gillespie, www.larrynorman.uk.com. 1980.
“With young people, there's often that carelessness, allowing yourself to get into danger - recklessness, I suppose.”
“Winning Wimbledon was a great feeling and it is still a great feeling. It has given me so much confidence.”
“I mean, a lot of the times I think I'm seen as a bad girl, and I think that's because I'm so open.”

Source : "Exclusive: Aubrey O'Day talks about her 'classy, iconic' Playboy spread" by James Montgomery, www.mtv.com. February 10, 2009.
“Far too many people hide behind their busy lifestyles”

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