"We have lost the art of public tenderness, these small gestures of wiping and washing; we have forgotten how abjectly the body welcomes a formal touch."

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Anne Enright

#Art Quotes #Body Quotes #Gestures Quotes

“If you strike the goads with your fists, your hands suffer most.”
“This aged economic system is out of date!”
“No matter gay, straight or bi, lesbian, transgendered life, I'm on the right track baby I was born to survive.”
“Chess is like body-building. If you train every day, you stay in top shape. It is the same with your brain - chess is a matter of daily training.”
“Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory.”
“The opinion of the great body of the reading public is very materially influenced even by the unsupported assertions of those who assume a right to criticize.”
“Here is my theory on this one. If you write things down, if there is a mystery and you try and explain it, once you've written it down for permanent, in due time, it'll be proven stupid.”
“Simple stories... emerge as lovely films or television pieces.”

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