"I deeply respect American sentimentality, the way one respects a wounded hippo. You must keep an eye on it, for you know it is deadly."

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Source : Teju Cole (2016). “Known and Strange Things”, p.240, Faber & Faber

Teju Cole

#Eye Quotes #Way Quotes #Hippo Quotes

“Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.”

Source : Livy (1967). “The early history of Rome: Books I-V of The history of Rome from its foundation”
“I'm a culture vulture, and I just want to experience it all.”

Source : Details, Volume 25, Issues 8-10, 2007.
“Satin and lace and brown velvet and the faint odor of violets. That was all which was left to him of his love.”

Source : William Maxwell, Christopher Carduff (2008). “Early novels and stories”
“Herbert used to say that he was as tight as the paper on the wall.”
“For me, football is just a game, not a drama.”
“Isn't it boring ... how people always want to tell you their own stories instead of listening to yours? I suppose that's why psychiatrists are better than friends; the paid listener doesn't interrupt with his own experiences.”

Source : Helen Van Slyke (1988). “Helen Van Slyke, three complete novels”, Random House Value Pub
“I've run into some S.O.B. directors, but I gave them back as good as I got.”
“Mercy, mercy me, things ain't what they used to be.”

Source : Song: Mercy, Mercy Me

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