"Danzon is my favorite Cuban music, played by a traditional string orchestra with flute and piano. It's very formally structured but romantic music, which derives from the French-Haitian contradance."

-- Rachel Kushner

#Piano Quotes #Orchestra Quotes #Flutes Quotes

“After high school, I had $2,000 saved, and I packed everything I could into my '95 Nissan Sentra with no air-conditioning, and I drove out to L.A.”
“I'm incredibly nostalgic for the '80s, because I think that's when Geek Culture really kicked in to high gear.”
“In the old days rank was not important - The complete opposite of today. You just trained”
“Life does more than adapt to the Earth. It changes the Earth to its own purposes.”
“Why do I write historical fiction? Johnny Tremain, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Island of the Blue Dolphins-that's why. I'll never forget how it felt to read those books. I want to write books with the same power to transport readers into another time and place.”
“once a kittypet always a kittypet." -longtail”
“The practical effect of a belief is the real test of its soundness.”

Source : James Anthony Froude (1875). “Short Studies on Great Subjects: Second series”, p.14
“They are mostly Americans and almost all are Protestant. Many have a strong grounding in the Bible. In Jerusalem, they suddenly take off their clothes or shout prophecies on street corners, only to revert to normal after a few days' treatment.”

Source : Amos Elon (1995). “Jerusalem, Battlegrounds of Memory”, Kodansha Globe

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