"The poet Marianne Moore famously wrote of 'real toads in imaginary gardens,' and the labyrinth offers us the possibility of being real creatures in symbolic space...In such spaces as the labyrinth we cross over [between real and imaginary spaces]; we are really travelling, even if the destination is only symbolic."

-- Rebecca Solnit

#Real Quotes #Garden Quotes #Space Quotes

“All statements about the hydrides of boron earlier than 1912, when Stock began to work upon them, are untrue.”
“Surely a woman who picked a spot so close to the ocean didn't automatically hide from the rain.”

Source : Eileen Wilks (2004). “Tempting Danger”, p.139, Penguin
“I once heard a wise man say there are no perfect men. Only perfect intentions.”
“I plan less and less. It's a great benefit of writing lots, that you get good at holding long narratives in your head like a virtual space.”
“I started taekwondo at 5 or 6 years old and did a bunch of kick-boxing later, too. Eventually I became a black belt and coached as well. I did some basketball and softball growing up, but most of my activity was martial arts.”
“I hear them playing Elvis, they on they way to Graceland. But they don't scare me, I'm in the trunk.”
“I can dribble with my right hand and I can dribble with my left hand. I'm amphibious.”
“People should fall in love with their eyes closed.”

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