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“You never came out the way you came in.”

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Francis Spufford is a British author born in 1964. His works span various literary genres, including novels, non-fiction, and history. Spufford is known for his unique narrative style and in-depth exploration of complex themes. more

“Rock & roll is so great, people should start dying for it. You don't understand. The music gave you back your beat so you could dream...The people just have to die for the music. People are dying for everything else, so why not for music? Die for it. Isn't it pretty? Wouldn't you die for something pretty?”

People Should Dream Dies Rocks Dying Beats Why Not Great People

Author:Lou Reed

“Opinions are like assholes, everyone has one but they think each others stink.”

Thinking Opinion Simile Stink

Author:Simone Elkeles

“The memory of my father is wrapped up in white paper, like sandwiches taken for a day of work. Just as a magician takes towers and rabbits out of his hat, he drew love from his small body.”

Body Father Memories White Taken Paper Hats Towers Magician Rabbits Sandwiches White Paper Memory Of My Father

Author:Yehuda Amichai

“We can't live without eating, but we don't live to eat.”

I Believe Eating 7 Habits

Book:The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

Source: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

“Habit 1: Be Proactive Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind Habit 3: Put First Things First Habit 4: Think Win/Win Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood Habit 6: Synergize Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw”

Thinking Mind Firsts Ends Winning Saws Habit Understood Proactive Win Win 7 Habits First Things First Put First Things First Seven Habits

Author:Stephen Covey

“Those in power must spend a lot of their time laughing at us.”

Laughing

Book:We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting for: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness

Source: We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting for: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness

“Storytelling and copulation are the two chief forms of amusement in the South. They're inexpensive and easy to procure.”

Two Form Easy South Storytelling Chiefs Amusement Inexpensive

Author:Robert Penn Warren

“Robert wondered if any of Harvard's revered Egyptologists had ever knocked on the door of a pyramid and expected an answer.”

Ifs Answers Doors Expected Harvard Pyramids

Book:The Da Vinci Code

Source: The Da Vinci Code

“Down these mean streets a man must go who is neither tarnished nor afraid”

Men Mean Streets Hero Heroism Common Man Detective Stories Being A Hero Weathered These Streets Mean Streets

Author:Raymond Chandler

“From the depths of the mirror, a corpse gazed back at me. The look in his eyes, as they stared into mine, has never left me.”

Looks Eye Night Left Mines Mirrors Depth His Eyes Corpses

Book:Telling the tale: a tribute to Elie Wiesel on the occasion of his 65th birthday : essays, reflections, and poems

Source: Telling the tale: a tribute to Elie Wiesel on the occasion of his 65th birthday : essays, reflections, and poems

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