"I came to realize that far more important to me than any plot or conventional sense was the sheer directionality I felt while reading prose, the texture of time as it passed, life's white machine."

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Source : Ben Lerner (2012). “Leaving the Atocha Station”, p.11, Granta Books

Ben Lerner

#Reading Quotes #White Quotes #Important Quotes

“There's really no such thing as an 'ex-cop' or a cop who's 'off-duty' or 'retired.' Once trained, once indoctrinated, a cop is always alert, assessing reality in terms of its potential for illegal acts.”
“You have to dream dreams to live dreams.”
“I could take you down on this sidewalk and be up that skirt of yours in a heartbeat. And you wouldn't fight me, would you? No, she probably wouldn't. Wrath and Beth”
“The White House admitted that Vice President Biden's endorsement of gay marriage forced him to come out in favor of it. So in a related story millions of Americans are trying to get Biden hooked on pot.”
“But woman's grief is like a summer storm, Short as it violent is.”

Source : Joanna Baillie (1853). “The dramatic and poetical works of Joanna Baillie”, p.48
“Incontrovertible is not a scientific word. Nothing is incontrovertible in science.”
“But I am happy. And happiness, I have decided, is a noble ambition.”
“I love songwriting ! It's my Number One passion other than performing. Well, actually it's like wearing three different hats: songwriting, recording and performing. They're all completely different and draw on different types of skills. With recording, there are so many different phases of production, and you have to be very careful because you can polish it until it doesn't shine.”

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