"My father was a truck driver. That's where it all started, and academically I was a disaster at school. My cousin got his name on the honour board; I, at Melbourne High School, I carved mine on the desk."

-- Lindsay Fox

#Cousin Quotes #Father Quotes #School Quotes

“Everyone just keeps on disappearing. Some things vanish, like they were cut away. Others fade slowly into the mist. And all that remains is a desert.”
“When people ask me silly questions about my private life, I just say, I don't discuss that.”
“The military lead turbulent lives, but they are people like everybody else.”
“When I was given this job I said I would only teach the people that I truly, truly love. Unfortunately, none of those happen to be Chinese, or women.”

Source : "Canadian author David Gilmour sparks furore over female writers" by Liz Bury, www.theguardian.com. September 27, 2013.
“There's no sex in Middle Earth.”
“Wisdom can see the red, the rose, the stained and sculptured curve of grey, the charcoal scars of fire, and see around that living tower of tree the hermit tatters of old bark split down and strip to end the season; and can be quiet and not look for reasons past the edge of reason.”

Source : Judith Wright (1992). “A human pattern: selected poems”, Carcanet Press Ltd.
“I mean, I gotta say one of the greatest victories on that show was when we got picked up for the back nine of the first season, and they made it a full order.”
“It is a sin of the soul to force young people into opinions ... but it is culpable neglect not to impel young people into experiences.”

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