"In New York one lives in the moment rather more than Socrates advised, so that at a party or alone in your room it will always be difficult to guess at the long term worth of anything."

-- Harold Brodkey

#New York Quotes #Party Quotes #Long Quotes

“Unlike a fountain that circulates the same water in an enclosed, perpetually recycling system, a human being circulates thoughts in an unlimited reservoir of self. Don't limit yourself to being a mere fountain when you contain an ocean.”
“The hardest part was convincing people that I was serious. The people were like 'you want to do this again'?”
“Nobody is born with a steering wheel or a gear shift in his hand. It's something you choose to do or you don't.”
“all daughters, even when most aggravated by their mothers, have a secret respect for them. They believe perhaps that they can do everything better than their mothers can, and many things they can do better, but they have not yet lived long enough to be sure how successfully they will meet the major emergencies of life, which lie, sometimes quite creditably, behind their mothers.”
“I desperately wish I had my tambourine with me now, because even after everything I'm still wearing heavy boots, and sometimes it helps to play a good beat”
“People looked to Kurt Cobain because his songs captured what they felt before they knew they felt it.”

Source : Anthony DeCurtis (1998). “Rocking my life away: writing about music and other matters”, Duke University Press Books
“The Beatles were just four guys that loved each other. That's all they'll ever be.”
“Commitment hangs on when all else has fallen.”

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