"We survive until, by sheer stamina, we escape into the dim innocence of our own adulthood and its forgetfulness."

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Source : Katherine Dunn (2011). “Geek Love: A Novel”, p.150, Vintage

Katherine Dunn

#Innocence Quotes #Forgetfulness Quotes #Stamina Quotes

“You can teach someone who cares to write columns, but you canâ€™t teach someone who writes columns to care.”
“A sense of humor...is superior to any religion so far devised.”
“Only when we cease to rely on our own strength can we discover that God's strength is always there for us.”
“Unless we are making progress in our nursing every year, every month, every week, take my word for it we are going back.”
“Rules are a great way to get ideas. All you have to do is break them.”

Source : Jack Foster, Larry Corby (2007). “How to Get Ideas”, p.108, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“During the many centuries that magic, here on this planet, was presumed to have worked, there were at least as many theories as to how magic worked as there were cultures and religions.”
“The place you are looking for is the place from which you are looking.”
“A good lawyer is a bad Christian.”

Source : John Lothrop Motley (2011). “The Rise of the Dutch Republic: A History”, p.207, Cambridge University Press

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