"Memory is like a dog that lies down where it pleases."

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Source : "Rituals". Book by Cees Nooteboom, 1980.

Cees Nooteboom

#Dog Quotes #Memories Quotes #Lying Quotes

“I grew up in Phoenix, Arizona and was a very competitive (and stressed out!) gymnast before getting into entertainment, but it was never the actual gymnastics that was my true love. I loved the performing aspect of it all.”
“In addition, I'm finishing a track for the movie 'Waking Up In Reno', but there are numerous other singers I look forward to recording with in the near future.”
“This assumption of Negro leadership in the ghetto, then, must not be confined to matters of religion, education, and social uplift; it must deal with such fundamental forces in life as make these things possible.”
“Society chooses to disregard the mistreatment of children, judging it to be altogether normal because it is so commonplace.”
“Calvin had long been uneasy in his own person and so lived to put everyone else at ease.”
“There is an ancient tribal proverb I once heard in India. It says that before we can see properly we must first shed our tears to clear the way.”
“We are all vegetarians here, and except for a mountain lion that's been hanging around and killed our dog, we don't have a care in the world.”
“Its all in the mind, you know.”

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