"Dirt rolls from his palm, Blades of grass Tumble from his hair."

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Source : Gary Soto (1992). “Neighborhood Odes”, p.20, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Gary Soto

#Nature Quotes #Hair Quotes #Dirt Quotes

“Europe can only hold together and stand together, which is very important in times of migration challenges, terrorism challenges, if each country takes responsibility for itself.”
“Music that paints nothing is only noise.”
“If I like a film, I usually appreciate the way it was made the first time.”

Source : Source: aalbc.com
“If in previous decades large historic events drew people together and oriented them toward collective action, the recent double trend toward greater choice but less security leads the young to see their lives in more individual terms. Big events collectivize. Little events atomize.”
“All people - African, European, American - worry about being different. But I've learned that the traits we'd rush to get rid of are the very ones that others desire. People always covet what they don't have. That's why we should look at ourselves every now and then and say, 'I'm proud of myself. I like the way I'm made.'”

Source : Walter Moers (2006). “13 1/2 Lives of Captain Blue Bear”, p.19, The Overlook Press
“I am not, and never have been, a man of the right. My position was on the left and is now in the centre of politics.”

Source : Letter to "The Times", (p. 11), April 26, 1968).
“I would love to do a period piece. That would be really cool. And also like to do something transformative and have to transform yourself physically to become that character. Any interesting, fun roles, I'm attracted to.”
“You know what I like about you? You have no sense. You sit here in my house, you can barely hold a spoon, and you're telling me 'no'. You'd pull on Death's whiskers if you could reach them.”

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