"It's an illusion I've noticed before-- words on a page are like oxygen to a petrol engine, firing up ghosts. It only lasts while the words are in your head. After you put down the paper or pen, the pistons fall lifeless again."

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Source : Elizabeth Wein (2013). “Rose Under Fire”, p.51, Egmont UK

Elizabeth Wein

#Fall Quotes #Oxygen Quotes #Paper Quotes

“Lyc-V is a jealous virus. It exterminates all other invaders with extreme prejudice.”
“Our rulers at the present day, with their machines and their preachers, are all occupied in putting into our heads the preposterous notion that activity rather than contemplation is the object of life.”

Source : John Cowper Powys (1930). “In defence of sensuality”
“The major changes that will be occurring within the new merged partnership are exciting in many ways. First, we will have the highest forecast distribution growth rate of any of the major MLPs. Second, our coverage will be above average for the same peer group with expected $1.1 billion of excess cash flow coverage through 2017 and the Access cash flows, along with our major new fee based projects continue to dramatically reduce exposure to commodity prices.”
“The Obama administration and the Democratic Congress have taken the biggest lurch to the left in policy in American history. There've been no - no Congress, no administration that has run this far to the left in such a small period of time. And there is a reaction to that.”
“[Quantity is the fundamental feature of things,] the 'primarium accidens substantiae,' ...prior to the other categories.”
“We have to have dreams, even if they never come true.”
“You have to think not about what you mean but about what people hear.”

Source : Source: www.motherjones.com
“To me, it's always a joy to create music no matter what it takes to actually get there. The real evils are always whatever stops you from doing that - like if your CPU is spiking and you have to sit there and bounce all your MIDI to audio. Now that's annoying!”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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