"truthfully, this is the fabric of all my fantasies: love shown not by a kiss or a wild look or a careful hand but by a willingness for research. i donâ€™t dream of someone who understands me immediately, who seems to have known me my entire life, who says, i know me too. i want someone keen to learn my own strange organization, amazed at whatâ€™s revealed; someone who asks, and then what, and then what?"

-- Elizabeth McCracken

#Dream Quotes #Kissing Quotes #Hands Quotes

“Among Hispanics, there is little change in popularity from a grade point average of 1 through 2.5. After 2.5, the gradient turns sharply negative. A Hispanic student with a 4.0 grade point average is the least popular of all Hispanic students, and has 3 fewer friends than a typical white student with a 4.0 grade point average.”
“Anybody who is familiar with the historical data from the IRS knows that raising income tax rates will likely actually reduce federal revenues.”
“After all, isn't that what really draws the line between childhood and adulthood, knowing that you are solely responsible for yourself? If so, then my childhood ended at fifteen.”
“I wrote 'Big Yellow Taxi' on my first trip to Hawaii. I took a taxi to the hotel and when I woke up the next morning, I threw back the curtains and saw these beautiful green mountains in the distance. Then, I looked down and there was a parking lot as far as the eye could see, and it broke my heart this blight on paradise. That's when I sat down and wrote the song.”
“The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.”

Source : Charles Dickens (1906). “Works, ed. by G.K. Chesterton and W. Jerrold. 22 vols.”
“I didn't know what was going through my mind.”
“The nicest thing about quotes is that they give us a nodding acquaintance with the originator which is often socially impressive.”

Source : Acid Drops preface (1980)
“I believe at the end of my career I'll be retired into the recurring character hall of fame.”

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