"I had a cousin once who lived in your dictionary, inside the binding, and there was a tiny hole which he used for a door, and it led out between trichotomy and trick. Now what do you think of that? It was only a few minutes walk to trigger, then over the page to trinity, trinket and trional, and there my cousin used to fall asleep."

-- Janet Frame

#Cousin Quotes #Fall Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“The point of life was to press on, to do the best you can, to make the world a better place.”
“Meditation plays a big role in my life. Meditation fortifies my spirit, improves my focus, my desire. When I fight I try to empty my mind. It's called Mushin. When I don't see anything around me, I only see that moment. Nothing else matters. that was how I was taught to live.”
“Journalism is literature in a hurry.”
“Learning history is easy; learning its lessons seems almost impossibly difficult.”

Source : Nicolas Bentley (1959). “A Choice of Ornaments”
“In many ways, Big Brother is the present day equivalent of a 1980s Club 18-30 Holiday - flirting, sunbathing, silly little organised games, and lots of people you'd like to remove from the genepool with a cricket bat.”
“Unless we have a Central Bank with adequate control of credit resources, this country is going to undergo the most severe and far reaching money panic in its history.”
“I think I'm gonna attach myself to the sinking ship that is book publishing.”
“By sealing our work with our blood, we may see at least the bright dawn of universal happiness.”

Source : "Speech to the National Convention". February 05, 1794.

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