“Cut a chrysalis open, and you will find a rotting caterpillar. What you will never find is that mythical creature, half caterpillar, half butterfly, a fit emblem for the human soul, for those whose cast of mind leads them to seek such emblems. No, the process of transformation consists almost entirely of decay.” MindHumansSoulProcessHalfCuttingFitCreaturesTransformationCastsButterflyDecayHuman SoulCaterpillarsRottingEmblemsDeteriorationMythical CreaturesChrysalis Author:Pat Barker
“I feel very strongly that clothes that fit well make a person feel better. It's maybe half the value of the merchandise.” FeelsWellsPersonsValuesHalfFitClothesVery StrongFeel BetterMerchandise Author:Jil Sander
“The observations that have developed over the years have given us perspective about where we fit in. We are newcomers, really recent arrivals on a planet that is four and a half billion years old.” YearsGivenHalfFourPlanetsPerspectiveFitBillionsObservationArrivalsNewcomers Author:Sylvia Earle
“About half of all design patterns out there [...] appear to be ways take perfectly natural design ideas and twist them to fit into someones static type system: recipes for pounding square pegs into round holes” WayIdeasNaturalHalfDesignTypeFitRoundsPatternsHolesSquaresRecipesTwistsStaticPegPerfectly NaturalSquare Pegs Author:Steve Yegge
“Since the songs were written over a five-year period, I think these are little snapshots. Some people call it political or topical, but I think each song is self-contained. I think it fits together as a picture of the last half-decade of time.” PeopleThinkingYearsLittlesSelfTogetherLastsPoliticalSongHalfFiveWrittenPeriodsFitDecadesFive YearsSnapshotsSelf Contained Author:Conor Oberst
“I wrote, in total, about 50 or so songs (finished and unfinished) in the 2 and a half years leading up until this moment, and trying to decide what songs to include on the Mini-Album was super difficult, because there were so many different sound/mood roads I could have gone down. But, after going through everything, these tracks seemed to fit together and communicate a similar sentiment and mood the best.” TryingYearsDifferentMomentsTogetherSongDifficultSoundHalfGoneFitTrackAlbumsCommunicateFinishedMoodSentimentsUnfinishedHalf A Year Author:St. Lucia