"I came," she said, "hoping you could talk me out of a fantasy." Cherish it!" cried Hilarious, fiercely. "What else do any of you have? Hold it tightly by it's little tentacle, don't let the Freudians coax it away or the pharmacists poison it out of you. Whatever it is, hold it dear, for when you lose it you go over by that much to the others. You begin to cease to be."

-- Thomas Pynchon

#Littles Quotes #Poison Quotes #Fantasy Quotes

“You can not become who you want to be until you have changed who you used to be”

Source : Twitter post from Jan 28, 2017
“A happy memory is perhaps on this earth truer than happiness itself.”
“The only advice anybody can give is, if you wanna be a writer, keep writing. And read all you can, read everything.”
“Our government is pleased to welcome MANA to Ontario, and were thrilled to announce renewed steel production and workers back on the job in Hamilton. Global leaders such as MANA choose to invest in Ontario because of our competitive business environment, skilled workforce and focus on innovation.”
“Tell your husbands any bad news when everything is calm, not just as they come through the door.”
“Well, it seems that one day Dylan was drivin' up to San Francisco from New Orleans or somewhere, when our record [House of the Rising Sun] came over his radio. When it was announced he said to Joan Baez -- who was with him at the time -- 'This'll be the first time I've heard this version', although it was number one in the States. So he listened to it, stopped the car, ran round the car five times, banged his head on the bumper and began leapin' about shouting 'It's great! It's great!'”
“How natural it is to destroy what we cannot possess, to deny what we do not understand, and to insult what we envy!”
“I can't wait to work for Rick Kaplan. He's a great producer. I would host an infomercial if he would produce it.”

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