"Cause the profit system follows the path of least resistance and following the path of least resistance is what makes the river crooked. Hmmmm."

-- Utah Phillips

#Rivers Quotes #Path Quotes #Resistance Quotes

“I'm lucky, always hopeful... I love my life.”
“Sesame oil is probably my favorite condiment, period.”
“travel is a private pleasure, since it consists entirely of things felt and things seen ...”
“To the Young Artists of Italy! The cry of rebellion that we launch, linking our ideals with those of the Futurist poets, does not originate in an aesthetic clique. It expresses the violent desire that stirs in the veins of every creative artist today.”
“I don't see any reason for marriage when there is divorce.”
“Well, Daddy, I used to believe that artists went crazy in the process of creating the beautiful works of art that kept society sane. Nowadays, though, artists make intentionally ugly art thatâ€™s only supposed to reflect society rather than inspire it. So I guess weâ€™re all loony together now, loony rats in the shithouse of commercialism.”
“Behind you swiftly the figure comes softly, The spot on your skin is a shocking disease.”
“Old people who live too long come to resemble turtles. As though time turned in a curve, and down they go to the reptiles again. Not the little wet naked frog they were born. But the tortoise. Cold eyes, sagging circles of skin, the nose becomes beak. The shell of sleep.”

Source : Josephine Winslow Johnson (1996). “The Inland Island”, Writer's Digest Books

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