"And now everything has changed once again. The air of the Close each evening is full of bird song - I've never really noticed it before. Full of birdsong and summer perfumes, full of strange glimpses and intimations just out of the corner of my eye, of longings and sadness and undefined hopes.It has a name, this sweet disturbance. Its name is Lamorna."

-- Michael Frayn

#Summer Quotes #Song Quotes #Sweet Quotes

“[On filmmaking:] Cardinal rule: It's a youth business.”
“With an orchestra you are building citizens, better citizens for the community.”
“Eugenic sterilization is an urgent need ... We must prevent multiplication of this bad stock.”
“The libertarian sees the State as a giant gang of organized criminals, who live off the theft called "taxation" and use the proceeds to kill, enslave, and generally push people around. Therefore, any property in the hands of the State is in the hands of thieves, and should be liberated as quickly as possible. Any person or group who liberates such property, who confiscates or appropriates it from the State, is performing a virtuous act and a signal service to the cause of liberty.”
“I am not concerned with truth, nor with conventional notions of what is beautiful.”
“Live with your lips pressed against your fears, kissing your fears, neither pulling back nor aggressively violating them.”
“The moment you think of a joke is the best moment.”
“I think the responsibility lies with the fashion world as a collective. We have to demand more variety.”

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