"When something is bothering me, I seek refuge. No need to travel far; a trip to the realm of literary memory will suffice. For where can one find more noble distraction, more entertaining company, more delightful enchantment than in literature?"

-- Muriel Barbery

#Memories Quotes #Enchantment Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Like magic, she felt him getting nearer, felt it like a pull in the pit of her stomach. It felt like hunger but deeper, heavier. Like the best kind of expectation. Ice cream expectation. Chocolate expectation.”
“Fairy folk a-listening Hear the seed sprout in the spring, And for music to their dance Hear the hedgerows wake from trance, Sap that trembles into buds Sending little rhythmic floods Of fairy sound in fairy ears. Thus all beauty that appears Has birth as sound to finer sense And lighter-clad intelligence.”
“Of all the weapons discussed in this book, nothing is more important than your primary firearm. Keep it cleaned, keep it oiled, keep it loaded, keep it close. With a cool head, steady hand, and plenty of ammunition, one human is more than a match for an army of zombies.”

Source : Max Brooks (2003). “The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead”, p.41, Broadway Books
“Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive.”
“Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence; they go stark, raving mad.”
“I am the Fred Astaire of karate.”
“When you think of couponing, you picture a mom cutting coupons out of the back of the newspaper.”
“Metallica is a very complicated, fragile thing. On the outside, it's all metal, but on the inside it's very delicate.”

Source : "James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett of Metallica Discuss Their 1997 Album, 'Re-Load'". The Guitar World Interview, www.guitarworld.com. December, 1997.

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