"To the hard of hearing you shout, and for the almost blind you draw large and startling figures."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Hearing Quotes #Blind Quotes #Figures Quotes

“I'm as good as anybody out there lyrically and conceptually and can go toe to toe with the best of them throughout history.”

Source : "No, Coolio Did Not Sign a Deal With Pornhub" by Jason Newman, www.rollingstone.com. July 24, 2014.
“We are fallen mostly into pieces but the wild returns us to ourselves”
“Get used to it. Life doesn't give, it takes. Anything worth having is worth fighting for.”
“Why is there always one bloke in these boy bands who looks like he came to fix the boiler and somehow got bullied into joining the group?”

Source : John Connolly (2011). “The Infernals: A Samuel Johnson Tale”, Simon and Schuster
“Even if your heart is broken and attacking you, you're still not better off without it.”
“I listened to the wind bury winter; and when I tasted his grace, his grace had no name; only, night became something else in his presence, as though darkness had a soul, here, swaying to heartbeats roaring.”

Source : Marjorie M. Liu (2008). “The Iron Hunt”, p.52, Penguin
“I got kicked out in grade school because I staged a riot because I wanted more library time.”
“Facts quite often, I fear to confess, like lawyers, put me to sleep at noon. Not theories, however. Theories are invigorating and tonic. Give me an ounce of fact and I will produce you a ton of theory by tea this afternoon. That is, after all, my job.”

Source : Ray Bradbury (1973). “Mars and the mind of man”

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