"I found one remaining box of comics which I had saved. When I opened it up and that smell came pouring out, that old paper smell, I was struck by a rush of memories, a sense of my childhood self that seemed to be contained in there."

-- Michael Chabon

#Memories Quotes #Smell Quotes #Self Quotes

“Young people ask me if this country is serious about science. They aren't thinking about the passport that they will hold, but the country that they must rely on for support and encouragement.”
“As soon as a man has found Christ, he begins to find others.”
“The more the ensemble, the duet or the forty piece orchestra, plays as one person, the more it makes people dance, because you're back in the womb. You feel mom's heartbeat. It makes you move. It reminds you of that warm, groovy space you were in.”

Source : "John Densmore on Life, Love, Meditation and His New Book, 'The Doors: Unhinged'". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“You could write a book about things that you can't find on-line.”
“I love you, Dominique. As selfishly as the fact that I exist. As selfishly as my lungs breathe air. I breathe for my own necessity, for the fuel of my body, for my survival. I've given you, not my sacrifice or my pity, but my ego and my naked need. This is the only way I can want you to love me.”
“The purpose of conservation: The greatest good to the greatest number of people for the longest time.”
“The fact is that the Vietnamese held Americans after 1973.”
“Well, I don't think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president,”

Source : "Rove's Take: Gen. Clark-McCain-Obama Triangle". "On the Record" with Greta Van Sustern, www.foxnews.com. July 1, 2008.

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