"It was the sort of moment that a smoker would fill in with a cigarette and an ex-smoker filled in with the memory of a cigarette."

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Source : Peter Corris (1987). “The January Zone: Cliff Hardy 10”, p.16, Allen & Unwin

Peter Corris

#Memories Quotes #Smoking Quotes #Moments Quotes

“Nature never deceives us; it is we who deceive ourselves.”
“How we use the knowledge we gain determines our progress on earth, in space or on the moon. Your library is a storehouse for mind and spirit. Use it well.”
“I came at age in the '60s, and initially my hopes and dreams were invested in politics and the movements of the time - the anti-war movement, the civil rights movement. I worked on Bobby Kennedy's campaign for president as a teenager in California and the night he was killed.”
“I donâ€™t intend to be menacing, but I do think of life as being essentially dangerous. We never know whatâ€™s going to happen from one day to the next.”
“It's the scale that Yahoo brings - and that user base - that I really want to build products for.”
“First of all, let me say, 1:15 in the morning, for 20,000 people to still be here, I wasn't the winner, tennis was. That's awesome. I don't know if I've ever felt so good here before.”
“There is no happiness for a society ruled by distrust.”
“I think the music of Mozart is like a universe of human feelings, sentiments and fragility, and ... that's why it's so 'actual' in a way, so modern.”

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