"A solitary traveler can sleep from state to state, from day to night, from day to day, in the long womb of its controlled interior. It is the cradle that never stops rocking after the lullaby is over. It is the biggest sleeping tablet in the world, and no one need ever swallow the pill, for it swallows them."

-- Lisa St. Aubin de TerÃ¡n

#Travel Quotes #Sleep Quotes #Night Quotes

“Detroit was kind of a random thing where it was like a chance to be in a rock 'n' roll movie.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Everybody uses pop culture as a shorthand.”

Source : "Author Ernie Cline Was Told Video Games Would Rot His Brain, But Who Holds the High Score Now?". Interview with Michael Mechanic, www.motherjones.com. July 10, 2015.
“Why do you treat me as they do, as though I were exactly what I want to be. Why do we treat people that way?”

Source : William Gaddis (1955). “The Recognitions: A Novel”
“When we were only acquaintances, you let me be myself, but now you're always protecting me... I won't be protected. I will choose for myself what is ladylike and right. To shield me is an insult. Can't I be trusted to face the truth but I must get it second-hand through you? A woman's place!”
“I was composing before I realised I was a composer. I mean it came more or less naturally.”
“I cannot but feel that the one man, above all others, who deserves the eternal thanks of his own race, and all thinking people, for bringing about baseballâ€™s greatest reform, is Jackie Robinson himselfâ€¦Certainly baseball people should be eternally grateful for the contribution he made to his own people, and to the game.”
“Well, I think anybody who's had a baby can tell you that once you have a baby, they kind of become the main focus. I don't think there's gonna be a lot of room for anything else.”
“Hope is one of those no-win-no-fee things, and although it needs some encouragement to survive, its existence doesn't necessarily prove anything.”

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