"When I was at university, the policemen used to measure how short the women's mini-skirts were and how long guys' hair was. We were living under a government that considers people to be soldiers."

-- Kim Hyesoon

#Hair Quotes #Government Quotes #Long Quotes

“Love is like a flower, even the most beautiful kind dies.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out.”
“You can never say you're big - I don't think you can ever take anything like that for granted.”
“I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.”
“The nations were awakened from the sleep of death, as the words of eternal life flowed from the Apostles' lips, - the temples of superstition were shut or destroyed, and churches were planted in every part of the civilized world.”
“Well, today people have to be self-reliant if they want a secure retirement income.”
“A cough is a symptom, not a disease. Take it to your doctor and he can give you something serious to worry about.”
“Ah, but you, Darkness, you know all this. I tell you night after night. Nothing will shock you. Maybe I go on at you in the hope that there's something beyond you. Some nights I sit here and talk and sob and stare out into the blackness thinking that if I look hard enough I'll see the light behind. But I stay out until the break of day, waiting, hoping, and there's only sunrise again.”

Source : Tim Winton (2011). “In the Winter Dark”, p.108, Pan Macmillan

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