"I would, if I could, always feed to music. The singularly graceless action of thus filling one's body with roots and dead animals and powdered grain is given some significance then. One can perform as a ritual what one is shamed to do as a utilitarian action ..."

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Source : Winifred Holtby, Alice Holtby (1941). “Letters to a friend”

Winifred Holtby

#Animal Quotes #Roots Quotes #Body Quotes

“Listen to your inner voice. Trust your intuition. It's important to have the courage to trust yourself.”
“I think that's how Chicago got started. A bunch of people in New York said, 'Gee, I'm enjoying the crime and the poverty, but it just isn't cold enough. Let's go west.'”

Source : "A few words from Richard Jeni". www.cnn.com. March 12, 2007.
“People say I don't write books, I make Christmas presents.”
“A wait-and-see policy may mean waiting until it is too late.”
“Writing books is one of the ways that human beings deal with loss, especially when you don't have religious consolation available.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“There were dragons to slay in the old days. Nixon was a good dragon.”
“Eventually you come to realize that most people aren't looking for a fight but for someone to surrender to.”
“I'm so not a celebrity.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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