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Quote by Kinky Friedman

“Now I have a cat. Well, that's not quite accurate. A cat and I have each other.”

Author

Kinky Friedman, born Richard Allen Feldman, is an American singer, writer, and comedian. Known for his unique humorous style and satirical lyrics, he often addresses political and social issues. Born on November 1, 1944, Friedman's musical and performance career has been characterized by various roles and projects. more

“You buy furniture. You tell yourself, this is the last sofa I will ever need in my life. Buy the sofa, then for a couple years you're satisfied that no matter what goes wrong, at least you've got your sofa issue handled. Then the right set of dishes. Then the perfect bed. The drapes. The rug. Then you're trapped in your lovely nest, and the things you used to own, now they own you.”

Needs Years Matter Lasts Used Perfect Issues Couple Bed No Matter What Lovely Satisfied Trapped Dishes Furniture Nests Sofas Drapes Fight Club Novel

Book:Fight Club

Source: Fight Club

“Those who won our independence... valued liberty as an end and as a means. They believed liberty to be the secret of happiness and courage to be the secret of liberty.”

Mean Ends Happiness Belief Secret Liberty Courage Independence Court Amendments Free Speech Freedom Of Speech First Amendment Secret Love Liberty And Justice Happy Independence Day Usa Liberty And Justice For All Liberty Of Speech

Book:Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It

Source: Other People's Money and How the Bankers Use It

“The only faithfulness people have is to emotions they're trying to recapture”

People Trying Emotion Faithfulness

Author:Norman Mailer

“They seemed nearer, not only mentally, but physically when they read ... Their chance was to make everything fine and finished and rich and imaginative; they must bend tiny golden tentacles from his imagination to hers, that would take the place of the great, deep love that was never so near, yet never so much of a dream.”

Dream Imagination Chance Rich Fine Finished Tiny Golden Imaginative Deep Love Tentacles

Book:The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

Source: The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

“She would smile and show no surprise, convinced as she was, the same as I, that casual meetings are apt to be just the opposite, and that people who make dates are the same kind who need lines on their writing paper, or who always squeeze up from the bottom on a tube of toothpaste.”