"THE old man died beneath the wheels of the twentieth century. There was nothing left but stains, bloodstains and fragments of flesh . . . And the same thing is happening to my generation."

-- Dambudzo Marechera

#Men Quotes #Generations Quotes #Flesh Quotes

“As long as it served his purpose, Mr. Lincoln boldly advocated the right of Secession.”

Source : Belle Boyd (1998). “Belle Boyd in Camp and Prison”, p.265, LSU Press
“Read a lot, write a lot is the great commandment.”
“When you're up for an award at the Oscars, try as you might, it's hard to concentrate on the show.”
“The farmer's daughter hath soft brown hair And I met with a ballad, I can't say where, That wholly consisted of lines like these.”

Source : Charles Stuart Calverley, “The Auld Wife”
“We want the right people, the ones who love to play football. I want a guy who, if I punch him in the mouth, doesn't stand there and say, ?Why did you punch me?' I want the guy who punches me back first, and then asks me why I did it.”
“Like every normal person, I hate my voice. And I am not the only one who hates my voice. The voiceover gets a lot of strong reactions. A lot of people love it, and a few people truly hate it and pronounce the films are unwatchable because of my Latvian accent. But it also has a certain level of theatricality, and everything is important for a manic character.”

Source : "Animating the Unspeakable". Interview with Isabel Ortiz, logger.believermag.com. May 14, 2015.
“Only what is fated to die is capable of living. Only what dies lives.”

Source : Giannina Braschi, Tess O'Dwyer (1994). “Empire of Dreams”, p.213, Yale University Press
“Even if the painting is green, well then! The 'subject' is the green. There is always a subject; it's a joke to suppress the subject, it's impossible.”

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