"A train will bring you back to the place you came from, but it will not return you home."

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Source : Jedediah Berry (2009). “The Manual of Detection: A Novel”, p.213, Penguin

Jedediah Berry

#Home Quotes #Return Quotes #Train Quotes

“As real as,' said Eddie. 'As real as what?' said Jack. 'Wish I knew,' said Eddie. 'But I can't do corroborative nouns. None of us are perfect, are we? I can get started. As big as, as obscene as, as foul as. But I can't get any further. But that's life for you again. As unfair as...”
“I pray this winter be gentle and kind - a season of rest from the wheel of the mind.”
“In the days of my youth I remembered my God! And He hath not forgotten my age.”
“I didn't struggle to find my style - I prefer to call it "voice," because I think the word is more suggestive of complexity, implying quality of form and content. I do, however, struggle with making my work "work," and there's no predicting whether this can be achieved calmly or with a ferocious evisceration of the psyche.”

Source : "Interviews: On Cartooning". "POV", www.pbs.org.
“Well, David Eckstein, like most of us, has 20 digits. Ten fingers. Ten toes.”
“I had a really scary pregnancy and a very difficult delivery. My daughter and I are lucky to be alive.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Sometimes, son," my father said, prying my fingers free, "you have to help the heroes along.”
“Good and evil lie close together. Seek no artistic unity in character.”

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