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“A person is full of sorrow the way a burlap sack is full of stones or sand.”

Way Persons Sorrow Stones Sand Burlap

Author:Jane Hirshfield

“Chinchilla is said to be more chic than mink, though personally it reminds me of unborn burlap.”

Said Unborn Chic Mink Burlap

Author:Patrick Dennis

“Voluntary poverty isn't going around with some burlap bag around you and imitating the poor. It means being indifferent to the material, doing as Christ said. He went and sat down with the rich and Zachaeus and publicans and sinners.”

Mean Said Christ Poor Poverty Rich Materials Sat Bags Sinner Indifferent Imitating Burlap

Author:Dorothy Day

“It certainly was an important moment for me, that realization that I was not going to get what I wanted. It was very freeing. I keep using that word "freeing" or "liberating." I feel like Houdini sometimes, like I'm just getting out of one set of shackles after another, hanging upside down inside a burlap bag with handcuffs on. Hopefully one day, I'm going to get out of this tank of water.”

Feels Important Sometimes Moments Wanted Water One Day Realization Hopefully Bags Liberating Tanks Upside Down Shackles Handcuffs Important Moments Houdini Burlap

Author:Alison Bechdel

“I look real good and feel even better, I make a burlap sack look like a cashmere sweater.”

Feels Looks Real Wrestling Sweaters Cashmere Burlap

Author:Rick Rude

“A musical is the same as a burlap sack, I would not want to be in either”

Want Musical Burlap

Author:Demetri Martin

“You take all the offensive linemen and put them in a burlap bag, and then you take a baseball bat and beat on the bag. You’re sacking them. You’re bagging them. And that’s what you’re doing with a quarterback.”

Beats Baseball Bags Offensive Bats Quarterback Lineman Linemen Sacking Offensive Lineman Burlap

Author:Deacon Jones

“I got a burlap sack, put a brick in the middle, and filled it with rags, corncobs, some Spanish moss, and sand. I hung that sack off the branch of an oak tree. I'd wrap my hands with a necktie of my daddy's and punch at it. My mom gave me an hour a day. My brothers and sisters said, "Nah." I said, "You'll see."”

Said Hands Hours Tree Middle Brother Mom Filled My Mom My Brother Branches Sand Hung Brothers And Sisters Daddy Bricks Wraps Oaks Rags Moss Oak Tree Neckties Burlap

Author:Joe Frazier

“The easier an experience, or the more entrenched, or the more familiar, the fainter our sensation of it becomes. This is true of chocolate and marriages and hometowns and narrative structures. Complexities wane, miracles become unremarkable, and if we're not careful, pretty soon we're gazing out at our lives as if through a burlap sack.”

Ifs Our Lives Easier Miracle Structure Careful Familiar Narrative Complexity Chocolate Sensations Hometown Gazing Narrative Structure Burlap

Book:Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World

Source: Four Seasons in Rome: On Twins, Insomnia, and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World