"I feel it's just some sort of game if it's just abstract."

-- Jeffrey Smart

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“Words slip into a language the way white-green vines slide between slats in a fence.”
“Don't put off joy and happiness. Strive to live each day to its fullest, squeezing all the joy you can out of each moment. Instead of measuring your life's value by your progress toward a single goal, remember that the direction you're headed in is more important than temporary results.”
“The very greatest is the alphabet, for in it lies the deepest wisdom; yet only he can fathom it, who truly knows how to put it together.”
“I don't often get a chance to have a frying pan in the show.”
“They walked for a while, all silent in their thoughts, until they reached the car and Alec drew a fine telescope from his shirt and handed it to Milo. "Carry this with you on your journey," he said softly, "for there is much worth noticing that often escapes the eye. Through it you can see everything from the tender moss in a sidewalk crack to the glow of the farthest star â€” and, most important of all, you can see things as they really are, not just as they seem to be. It's my gift to you.”
“If you don’t own a home, buy one. If you own one home, buy another one, and if you own two homes buy a third and lend your relatives the money to buy a home.”

Source : "John Paulson: Sell Bonds; Buy Stocks; Double Digit Inflation Coming" by Robert Lenzner, www.forbes.com. September 27, 2010.
“I heard Joby Talbot's Hovercraft piece for orchestra and felt its immediate physical impact - visceral, unsettling, hungry and direct. These short five minutes became our keystone to unlocking a strangely seductive score that tensions the aggressive force of the White Stripes with the enigmatic beauty of Talbot's own compositions.”
“As it was, we all acted alone, we were caught alone, and every one of us will have to die alone. But that doesnâ€™t mean that we are alone.”

Source : Hans Fallada (2010). “Alone in Berlin”, p.412, Penguin UK

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