"I had trouble listening to adults who didn't really mean anything that they said; it was as if their language poured into my ears only to drain right out a little spigot in the back of my head."

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Source : Reif Larsen (2010). “The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet: A Novel”, p.318, Penguin

Reif Larsen

#Mean Quotes #Listening Quotes #Ears Quotes

“Wanderers eastward, wanderers west, Know you why you cannot rest? 'Tis that every mother's son Travails with a skeleton. Lie down in the bed of dust; Bear the fruit that bear you must; Bring the eternal seed to light, And morn is all the same as night.”
“Everything is an experience. You learn something different from everything you do.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Belief is as necessary to the soul as pleasures are necessary to the body.”

Source : Elsa Schiaparelli (1954). “Shocking Life”
“I have learned that the fear and discomfort around there not being enough money is internal.”
“I have the most profound respect for the Department of Justice and the FTC. We in Europe are a younger and I would say junior institution to the historical antitrust experience of the US.”
“To humiliate and be humiliated, I think, is a crucial element in our whole social structure. It's not only the artist I'm sorry for. It's just that I know exactly where he feels most humiliated.”
“When I had no shoes I was comfortable - I used to run barefoot. When I wore shoes it was difficult. To run in shoes was ok, but at the beginning of my career it was hard.”
“[Peter Pan] has never broken his terrible habit of eavesdropping. So, maybe that wasn't the rustle of pages you heard while this story lasted, but Peter Pan himself, listening in. In exchanged for a story of yours, he might show you his most prized possession: James Hooks' map of Neverland. In exchange for a smile, he may show you Neverland itself.”

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