"Someone has somewhere commented on the fact that millions long for immortality who don't know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon."

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Source : Anger in the Sky ch. 5 (1943)

Susan Ertz

#Inspirational Quotes #Sunday Quotes #Long Quotes

“People come up to me all the time and say, 'Oh, I love to watch Food Network,' and I ask them what they cook, and they say, 'I don't really cook.' They're afraid, they're intimidated, they know all about food from eating out and watching TV, but they don't know where to start in their own kitchen.”
“I've had loss in my life, and I like to think my mother's energy lives on in some faintly Buddhist way. I do find some comfort there.”
“I was an educated girl. I'd done very well in school. I had a good point average and graduated from USC as an English teacher. My dad didn't even finish high school.”
“Where exactly do you put your hands on somebody who hurts everywhere?”

Source : Charles D'Ambrosio (2006). “The Dead Fish Museum”, p.62, Vintage
“The Bible is shallow enough for a new believer to wade in, but deep enough for a theologian to drown in.”
“A professional model is like a stuffed owl. These girls are alive.”
“New York was always more expensive than the other places, even when it was going bankrupt. In other words, in 1971, New York was expensive for someone with no money. For anyone.”
“But I think doctors have always been either honest or dishonest.”

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