"To a lot of Africans, seeing an animal is a something of a rarity. So it's a paradox of this sort of parallel life. A safari is an expensive experience and it's adjacent to a place where people are having a very tough time."

-- Paul Theroux

#Animal Quotes #People Quotes #Tough Times Quotes

“The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases.”
“Watching a spring training game is as exciting as watching a tree form its annual ring.”
“I cannot stand people who disagree with me on the issue of Roe v. Wade... which I believe is about the proper way to cross a lake.”
“Hosni Mubarak... his constitution is not democratic, but he is democratic. We can voice our opinions now. The press is free.”
“From discord, find Harmony.”
“They want politics and think it will save them. At best, it gives direction to their numbed desires. But there is no politics but the manipulation of power through language. Thus the latterâ€™s constant debasement.”

Source : Gilbert Sorrentino (1973). “Splendide-Hotel: Meditation on Rimbaud”, p.17, New Directions Publishing
“Buy low and sell high. It's pretty simple. The problem is knowing what's low and what's high.”
“The mystery lies in the here and now. The mystery is: What is one to do with oneself? As you get older you begin to realize the trick time is playing, and that unless you do something about it, the passage of time is nothing but the encroachment of the horrible banality of the past on the pure future. The past devours the future like a tape recorder, converting pure possibility into banality. The present is the tape head, the mouth of time. Then where is the mystery and why bother kicking through the ashes? Because there is a clue in the past.”

Source : Walker Percy (2011). “Lancelot”, p.46, Open Road Media

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