"We have often had this particular exchange about climate and landscape and why we both feel so lonely here uprooted. It was what each of us had wanted of course.Besides wanting to experience a place we hated, we wanted to be insomniacs and loners, losers and drop-outs. To know the sky was the only location of meaning and joy left to us."

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Source : Fanny Howe (2000). “Indivisible”, Semiotext

Fanny Howe

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“For the first time in my life I saw the truth as it is set into song by so many poets, proclaimed as the final wisdom by so many thinkers. The truth - that Love is the ultimate and highest goal to which man can aspire. Then I grasped the meaning of the greatest secret that human poetry and human thought and belief have to impart: The salvation of man is through love and in love.”
“I'm a bit surprised that the Raiders turned to Art Shell to be their new head coach, not because Shell isn't a good head coach - he had success before as the Raiders' head coach - but because he's been away from the game so long and the game has changed a lot in those years.”
“Many ingenious lovely things are gone / That seemed sheer miracle to the multitude...”
“As many Giants fans know, we're one of the few teams without cheerleaders.”
“Be able to keep a secret or promise when you know in your heart that it is the right thing to do.”
“We're in a giant car heading towards a brick wall and everyone's arguing over where they're going to sit.”

Source : "Green giants: the eco power list" by Lucy Siegle, www.theguardian.com. January 15, 2011.
“Our efforts cannot and should not substitute for just public policies and effective programs to meet the needs of the hungry...Money, food, and time donated to Catholic charities should not be misread as a sign for success for volunteerism, but rather a desperate attempt to feed the hungry people when others have abandoned their responsibility.”
“As a player, remember that the bench is not a prison, but an extension of the first group. Concentrate on the quality of your play when you do get into the game. If you play 20 minutes, play the best 20 you can possibly play.”

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