"A man's reception depends upon his coat; his dismissal upon the wit he shows."

-- Pierre-Jean de Beranger

#Society Quotes #Wit Quotes

“He seemed to be waiting for a miracle to save him from the depths his life had reached and take him to a land of dreams.”
“Commit yourself to something you have a passion for.”
“With all their attack ads, the President is just throwing away money...and he's pretty experienced at that.”
“He looked like the sort of person who would tell you that he did not have an umbrella to lend you when he actually had several and simply wanted to see you get soaked.”
“I listen to a lot of medieval music.”
“I've had people who see all my characters as Native, even if they aren't. It's kind of like assuming all a writer's characters are really female because the writer is a woman. I've learned to let that go.”

Source : "The Saturday Rumpus Interview With Eden Robinson". Interview With Helga Schimkat, therumpus.net. September 24, 2016.
“Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine, the life, the soul of reading! Take them out and one cold eternal winter would reign in every page. Restore them to the writer - he steps forth like a bridegroom, bids them all-hail, brings in variety and forbids the appetite to fail.”
“The last time I saw a brow that low I was watching slides in anthropology class”

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