"The moment seemed endless, but it was probably only half that."

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Source : Steve Toltz (2008). “A Fraction of the Whole”, p.129, Spiegel & Grau

Steve Toltz

#Half Quotes #Moments Quotes #Endless Quotes

“Avatars are a way to express our true selves, our most heroic, idealized version of who we might become.”
“I love Jon Hamm. I'm so lucky to get to work with him and work so closely with him. We have a lot of these scenes that are very intimate, and very tender. Those are the kind of things that an actor lives for. Real moments of connection with other actors.”

Source : "Q&A: Jessica Paré on the Mad Men Theories" by Mike Ayers, www.esquire.com. June 6, 2013.
“Whole days and weeks have I spent prostrate on the ground in silent or vocal prayer.”
“Death is the inseparable antecedent of life; the seed dies in order to produce the plant, and earth itself is rent asunder and dies at the birth of Dionusos. Hence the significancy of the phallus, or of its inoffensive substitute, the obelisk, rising as an emblem of resurrection by the tomb of buried Deity at Lerna or at Sais.”
“It might otherwise appear paradoxical that money can be replaced by worthless paper; but that the slightest alloying of its metallic content depreciates it.”
“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better for people coming behind you, and you donâ€™t do that, you are wasting your time on this Earth,”

Source : "Standing Cheer for Roberto" by John Wilson, The Sporting News, p. 44, February 20, 1971.
“Our heirs, whatever or whoever they may be, will explore space and time to degrees we cannot currently fathom. They will create new melodies in the music of time. There are infinite harmonies to be explored.”

Source : Clifford A. Pickover (1999). “Time: A Traveler's Guide”, p.245, Oxford University Press
“Jeff Foxworthy is a legend. Every time I see his moustache it reminds me to wax my lip and every time I hear his jokes it reminds me to wipe my ass.”

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