"The earth's warmth under me, as I stretch out at night, is astonishing. It is like the warmth of another body that has absorbed the sun all day and now gives out again its store of heat. It is softer, darker than I could ever have believed, and when I take a handful of it and smell its extraordinary odors, I know suddenly what it is I am composed of, as if the energy that is in this fistful of black soil had suddenly opened, between my body and it, as between it and the green stalks, some corridor along which our common being flowed."

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Source : David Malouf (2012). “An Imaginary Life”, p.147, Random House

David Malouf

#Nature Quotes #Night Quotes #Smell Quotes

“San Francisco has always been a haven for misfits and weirdos. I'm both of those, which is why I came here.”
“I don't really have any regrets because if I choose not to do something there is usually a very good reason. Once I've made the decision I don't view it as a missed opportunity, just a different path.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“There is no way our little minds can comprehend the love of God. But that didn't keep him from coming.”
“You have to remember that in a state like Florida, independent voters will decide the election.”
“I look at autism like a bus accident, and you don't become cured from a bus accident, but you can recover.”

Source : "The Autism Debate: Who's Afraid of Jenny McCarthy?". Interview with Karl Taro Greenfeld, content.time.com. February 25, 2010.
“The chameleon, who is said to feed upon nothing but air, has of all animals the nimblest tongue.”
“Our main agenda is to have all guns banned of course. We must use whatever means possible. It doesn't matter if you have to distort facts or even lie. Our task of creating a socialist America can only succeed when those who would resist us have been totally disarmed.”
“I wouldn't change anything that happened.That's the way the game was played when I was coming up. The game is different now. It's just a by-product of the era.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca

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