"Then I could not help wondering what the watching gods thought of us, with our clever masks and our jokes. What we think of crickets, perhaps, whose singing we hear with pleasure, though some of us smash them with our heels when they venture into sight."

-- Gene Wolfe

#Clever Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Sight Quotes

“Nature never taught me that there exists a God of glory and of infinite majesty. I had to learn that in other ways. But nature gave the word glory a meaning for me. I still do not know where else I could have found one.”
“If you think there is such a thing as an unimportant game, just try losing one.”
“I think bad taste should be a felony.”
“Bristol Rovers were 4-0 up at half time, with four goals in the first half.”
“Someone told me much later that you always know the people who are going to make a difference in your life, from the very first time you set eyes on them, even if you do not like them at all. And I had noticed him, as he had me. God help us.”

Source : Sarah Dunant (2004). “The Birth of Venus: A Novel”, p.102, Random House
“I don't think that my films are 'literary'; they are based on the most ordinary things of life.”
“My occupation is syncopation. But, every time, my syncopation is different, because I can never play the same fill twice. I just can't, never have been able to.”
“You gotta live in the moment.Â I don't care what you've done in your life, it has nothing to do with what you're gonna do or what you can do.Â The past is history, tomorrow is a mystery.Â But today is a gift-that's why they call it the present.”

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