"Outside the youth center, between the liquor store and the police station, a little dogwood tree is losing its mind; overflowing with blossomfoam, like a sudsy mug of beer; like a bride ripping off her clothes, dropping snow white petals to the ground in clouds, so Natureâ€™s wastefulness seems quietly obscene. Itâ€™s been doing that all week: making beauty, and throwing it away, and making more."

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Source : Tony Hoagland, “A Color of the Sky”

Tony Hoagland

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“the explanation of the ebb and flow of the women's movement ... is partly psychological. During those early post-war years when successes came thick and fast and were almost thrust upon us, the nation was still under the influence of the reconstruction spirit, when everything seemed possible ... A few years later the nation had reached the stage which follows a drinking bout. It was feeling ruefully in its empty pockets. It did not want to part with anything to anybody. Its head ached. Noble sentiments made it feel sick. It wanted only to be left alone.”
“The teacher's life is painfull and therefore would be pityed: it wrastles with unthankfulnesse above all measure...Our calling creepes low and hath pain for companion.”
“There hasn't been a true breakdown or effort to break Thai music into genres. They're not into dicing and slicing everything up.”

Source : "An Interview with Alan Bishop". believermag.com. July 1, 2008.
“I was neurotic and weird from an early age.”
“To have faith in Divine protection is good, but even beter if backed by the pratical assistance heaven has a right to expect from sensible mortals.”
“As I grow older, I have a growing curiosity about my other half. My dad did a wonderful job raising me, and I wouldn't change it for the world, but at the same time there is a growing curiosity about my other half.”
“Strange how complicated we can make things just to avoid showing what we feel!”

Source : Erich Maria Remarque (2014). “The Night in Lisbon: A Novel”, p.69, Random House
“It seemed that everyone else could mate, could fit their parts together in pleasant and productive ways, but that some almost indistinguishable difference in my anatomy and psyche set me slightly, yet irrevocably, apart.”

Source : Peter Cameron (2009). “Someday This Pain Will Be Useful to You: A Novel”, p.70, Macmillan

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