"I always try to be alert to the potential for repetition, for a decaying orbit with regard to my use of technique, etc."

-- Jeff VanderMeer

#Trying Quotes #Technique Quotes #Orbit Quotes

“I think winter wear is communal. You get some gloves and a scarf from a lost-and-found box, wash them, wear them for a while until you lose them. Then somebody else does the same thing”
“The King's son, who was told that a great princess, whom nobody knew, was come, ran out to receive her. He gave her his hand as she alighted from the coach, and led her into the hall where the company were assembled.”

Source : Charles Perrault (1942). “The Tales of Mother Goose as First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696”, p.8, Library of Alexandria
“Gladys.. work has kept you fit And Bill.. you never moan Well life's not for carrying cases With a butler of your own”
“Most of the people who are given these Rock'n'roll Hall of Fame things sell millions of records, so it's kind of like a trophy for them.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“If happy I and wretched he, Perhaps the king would change with me.”

Source : Charles MACKAY, Sir John Gilbert (1859). “The Collected Songs of Charles Mackay. With Illustrations by J. Gilbert”, p.126
“It hurts more than anything in the world because even though it might not be the case, it feels like you've chosen your child over me. 'I haven't there is no choice. She's part of me. You're part of me too. It's like...I don't know...asking me to pick between my heart and my lungs.' 'I know, but the thing is, you are my heart and my lungs. You're everything to me. And what hurts is that I know i used to be everything to you.”
“This is an election year, and I think we're in desperate trouble and it's time for people to speak up and not pipe down. It's a real conflict for me when I go to a concert and find out somebody in the audience is a Republican or fundamental Christian. It can cloud my enjoyment. I'd rather not know.”
“Be who you are, not who the world wants you to be.”

Source : Twitter post from Oct 28, 2014

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