"After all, what is every man? A horde of ghosts â€“ like a Chinese nest of boxes â€“ oaks that were acorns that were oaks. Death lies behind us, not in front â€“ in our ancestors, back and back until..."

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Source : Walter de La Mare (2013). “The Return”, p.85, Courier Corporation

Walter de La Mare

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“Dogs are my favorite people.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I think the challenges for me was to go into the studio with these incredible jazz players and come up to their level of excellence. That's always a challenge.”
“I think that it is a part of growing up, learning to control our suffering. I think that when we grow up, and learn that happiness is rare, and passes quickly, we become disillusioned and hurt. And how much we suffer is a mark of how much we have been hurt by this realisation. Suffering, you see, is a kind of anger. We rage against the unfairness, the injustice of our sad and sorry lot.”
“Our English monarchs are so unimaginative,â€ said Eldric. â€œThey execute people in such tediously conventional ways.”
“Whither, O splendid ship, thy white sails crowding,Leaning across the bosom of the urgent West,That fearest nor sea rising, nor sky clouding,Whither away, fair rover, and what thy quest?”
“I didn't even know my bra size until I made a movie.”
“I went to professional men's soccer games, the old North American soccer league at that time, and I used to be a ticket holder with my family and family friends. We would go every weekend and I thought it was great, but I just thought of it as recreation, as family fun.”
“It's great to have the freedom to enjoy your work and not feel like you're leaving your other life behind.”

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