"The kind of crabbing my wife likes to do is to return from an afternoon's swim or sunbathing session, open the refrigerator door, and find a generous plate of crab cakes all ready to cook."

-- Euell Gibbons

#Doors Quotes #Cake Quotes #Wife Quotes

“We have very little, so we have nothing to be preoccupied with. The more you have, the more you are occupied, the less you give. But the less you have, the more free you are.”
“My right wrist is connected to the left foot. You know, if the left foot doesn't work, the right wrist doesn't work, and that's really the truth.”

Source : "'Talk Of The Nation' Remembers Folk Singer Richie Havens". "Talk of the Nation", www.npr.org. April 23, 2013.
“Words. I had always loved them. I collected them, like I had collected pretty stones as a child. I liked to roll words over my tongue like a lump of molten honeycomb, savouring the sweetness, the crackle, the crunch.”
“(I want to) make good stories that have a redemptive message and allow people to dig into their own lives and personal struggles and go "Am I like this? Do I have these flaws too?" and open up a conversation.”

Source : Source: www.beliefnet.com
“The tourist may complain of other tourists, but he would be lost without them.”
“I attended the bedside of a friend who was dying in a Dublin hospital. She lived her last hours in a public ward with a television blaring out a football match, all but drowning our final conversation.”
“Pray to catch the bus, then run as fast as you can.”
“This is aâ€”a proposal of marriage?â€ he asked me, and there was the very smallest trace of a smile at the corner of his mouth, something I had never seen before. â€œI suppose so,â€ I said, blushing again. â€œAnd, as you see, Iâ€™m doing it properly, on my knees.â€ â€œThis would, however, be a partnership of equals youâ€™re offering, I imagine?â€ â€œUndoubtedly.â€ (448-49)”

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