"Now the windows, blinded by the glare of the empty square, had fallen asleep. The balconies declared their emptiness to heaven; the open doorways smelt of coolness and wine."

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Source : Bruno Schulz, Jonathan Safran Foer, David Goldfarb (2008). “The street of crocodiles and other stories”, Penguin Classics

Bruno Schulz

#Summer Quotes #Wine Quotes #Squares Quotes

“I still enjoy the company of most dogs more than that of most people, because dogs are capable of uncomplicated enthusiasm.”
“I'm a West Indian mum and West Indian mums will go to the wall for their children.”

Source : "Diane Abbott: I sent my son to private school so he wouldn't end up in a gang". www.mirror.co.uk. June 21, 2010.
“Be a people builder. Look for opportunities to encourage others to bring out the best in them.”
“You don't want your children to look at you like you are anything special other than their dad.”
“Nearly all monster stories depend for their success on Jack killing the Giant, Beowulf or St. George slaying the Dragon, Harry Potter triumphing over the basilisk. That is their inner grammar, and the whole shape of the story leads towards it.”
“My work is about seeing - seeing things like they haven't been seen before.”
“The first time I went to Johnny Depp's house in LA is when I realized what I was getting myself into. I knew he was famous, but I didn't really know what that entailed.”
“We always feel younger than we are. I carry inside myself my earlier faces, as a tree contains its rings. The sum of them is me. The mirror sees only my latest face, while I know all my previous ones.”

Source : Tomas Transtromer (2011). “The Great Enigma: New Collected Poems”, p.249, New Directions Publishing

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