"This, after all, was the month in which families began tightening and closing and sealing; from Thanksgiving to the New Year, everybody's world contracted, day by day, into the microcosmic single festive household, each with its own rituals and obsessions, rules and dreams. You didn't feel you could call people. They didn't feel they could phone you. How does one cry for help from these seasonal prisons?"

-- Zadie Smith

#Dream Quotes #New Year Quotes #Phones Quotes

“Science and literature are not two things, but two sides of one thing.”
“As governor, I saw the link between economic prosperity and the ability to acquire knowledge.”
“Love and magic are like oil and water--they just don't mix.”
“It hurts, it hurts... Im dying, I'm dying.”
“Is it possible for us to witness a world without America and Zionism? You should know that this slogan, this goal, can certainly be achieved.”
“Death is an awful thing. I don't believe in it myself.”
“The secret is to get a good cinematographer and a very good assistant director. If you get those and stay out of their way, and have good actresses, the script doesn't even have to be that extraordinary.”
“Yes. I guess it's the foolish romantic in me, but you see, I donâ€™t think that sex is my Muse.”

Source : Peter Murphy (2015). “Lagan Love”, p.81, Fiction Studio Books

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