"Just beyond the ticket booth Father had painted on a wall in bright red letters the question: DO YOU KNOW WHICH IS THE MOST DANGEROUS ANIMAL IN THE ZOO? An arrow pointed to a small curtain. There were so many eager, curious hands that pulled at the curtain that we had to replace it regularly. Behind it was a mirror."

-- Yann Martel

#Zoos Quotes #Wall Quotes #Father Quotes

“I think Justin Bieber played a couple of songs up the block from it - and they said that some-one in his camp came and got him a burger. We had been talking about him a lot. Especially actually, last time we came to Australia, C.T. was on a real big Justin Bieber kick. I just thought it was really interesting to finally cross paths with him in New Zealand. And like really - the TV, everyone's just talking about it on the radio - it's a big deal that he was here. I think he just left.”
“Without wilderness, the world's a cage.”
“I can't stand to hear my own voice. If one of my songs comes on in a cafÃ©, I'll run out right away and come back with the police.”
“I once taught art to adults in a night course. I had a woman who painted her back yard, and she said it was the first time she had ever really looked at it. I think everyone sees beauty. Art is a way to respond”
“Come on, Kaylee, before I choke on testosterone and melodrama.”
“It has been asserted, that a moral Atheist would be a monster beyond the power of nature to create: I reply, that it is not more strange for an Atheist to live virtuously, than for a Christian to abandon himself to crime! If we believe the last kind of monster, why dispute the existence of the first?”

Source : Pierre Bayle (1826). “An Historical and Critical Dictionary”, p.169
“Dreams create desire. Desire creates determination. Determination creates distance between you and failure.”
“You and I could paint the sky together. As the world goes by, we'll go on forever.”

Source : Song: Eyes, Album: Fire & Ice

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