"White. Like a clean piece of paper, like uncarved ivory, all is white when the story begins."

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Source : Daniel Mason (2003). “The Piano Tuner: A Novel”, p.44, Vintage

Daniel Mason

#Ivory Quotes #White Quotes #Stories Quotes

“We commend GM for being the first out of the starting gate in the Great Plug-In Car Race of 2007. GM's announcements are the biggest victories yet for CalCars.org and other PHEV advocates. Now our campaign is in third gear. We'll work with the auto industry, government, fleet buyers and advocates to get to the day -- soon, not in a decade -- when customers can buy PHEVs as easily as any other car.”
“On one issue, at least, men and women agree. They both distrust women.”
“When I've got nothing better to do, I look down the league table to see how Everton are getting along.”
“Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and move on and start to write the next thing. Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.”
“I tell everyone that I have 25,000 assistant coaches. If I want to know something, I just go to the grocery store.'”
“It ain't what you eat but how you chew it.”
“I'm a little drunk on you, and high on summertime.”

Source : Song: Drunk On You, Album: Tailgates & Tanlines, 2011
“Hence when lightning fires the arch of heaven, and thunders rock the ground, when furious whirlwinds rend the howling air, and ocean, groaning from his lowest bed, heaves his tempestuous billows to the sky; amid the mighty uproar, while below the nations tremble, Shakespeare looks abroad from some high cliff, superior, and enjoys the elemental war.”

Source : Mark Akenside (1808). “The Poetical Works of Mark Akenside ...: Collated with the Best Editions”, p.91

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