"And there I was, 225 pounds, perpetually lost and confused, short legs, ape-like upper body, all chest, no neck, head too large, blurred eyes, hair uncombed, 6 feet of geek, waiting for her."

-- Charles Bukowski

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“I didn't learn stories, I just absorbed them.”
“Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore; The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four; Stella's wit is so charming, so sweet her fair face, She shines a new Venus, a Muse, and a Grace.”
“What do you think of this" he asked, indicating the painting nearby. She gave him an odd look. "I think it's an enormous painting of a dog." He made a show of considering the picture and nodded seriously. "An astute observation.”
“Teaching is a personal matter of the nursery of the mind and should not be on public display.”

Source : "Teaching As A Private Process". Educational Broadcasting Review, Volume 2, p. 32, 1968.
“I think so often, especially if the work is perceived of as being drawn from life, the woman, not her book, is reviewed.”
“What else is it that should trace the insuperable line? Is it the faculty of reason or perhaps the faculty of discourse? But a full-grown horse or dog is beyond comparison a more rational, as well as more conversable animal, than an infant of a day or a week or even a month old. But suppose they were otherwise, what would it avail? The question is not, Can they reason?, nor Can they talk? but, Can they suffer? Why should the law refuse its protection to any sensitive being? The time will come when humanity will extend its mantle over everything which breathes...”

Source : Jeremy Bentham (2012). “An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation”, p.311, Courier Corporation
“When the audition for 'Cats' came up, even though I'd been making pop records, it felt like something I was attracted to.”
“He who is jealous, is never jealous of what you see, with what is imagined is enough.”

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