"So many of my memories are generated by and organized around food: what I ate, what people cooked, what I cooked, what I ordered in a restaurant. My mental palate is also inextricably intertwined with the verbal part of my brain. Food, words, memories all twist together, so it was the obvious way to structure my life. Each memory of food opened up an entire scene for me, it was the key that unlocked everything."

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Source : Source: therumpus.net

Kate Christensen

#Memories Quotes #Keys Quotes #People Quotes

“When people are protecting something truly special to them, they truly can become...as strong as they can be.”
“We believe that Almighty God has sent us Adolf Hitler so that he may rid Germany of the hypocrites and Pharisees.”

Source : "Thus Spake Germany". Book by Władysław Wszebór Kulski, p. 30, 1941.
“If you are lucky and reverent, and hush for a moment the doubts in your head, sometimes God will whisper in your ear.”
“I saw the lightnings gleaming rod. Reach forth and write upon the sky The awful autograph of God.”

Source : "Shadows of Shasta". Book by Joaquin Miller. Epigraph, 1881.
“Any fool can tell a story. Take a few odds and ends of things that happen to you, dress them up, shuffle them about, add a dash of excitement, a little color, and there you have it.”
“I had self-doubt about whether my story was interesting to people. I didn't want to write something that was anecdotal. It was important to me that people would get something out of my book. I want people to read it and say, "Now I don't feel so alone," or "I'm going to remember that next time I'm being an asshole."”

Source : Source: blogs.indiewire.com
“Most teams aren't teams at all but merely collections of individual relationships with the boss. Each individual vying with the others for power, prestige and position.”
“Life is revealed as a place to contribute and we as contributors. Not because we have done a measurable amount of good, but because that is the story we tell.”

Source : Rosamund Stone Zander, Benjamin Zander (2002). “The Art of Possibility: Transforming Professional and Personal Life”, p.51, Penguin

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