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“You are lucky to be one of those people who wishes to build sand castles with words, who is willing to create a place where your imagination can wander.”

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Book:Bird by Bird

Source: Bird by Bird

“We had an interesting conversation with one of my Accenture managers toward the end of my tenure there. Something about sandcastles. Well, thank God, he got my point. It’s not a REAL job. You don’t NEED to update your stupid Oracle every 3 years. It shouldn’t be so fucking hard. It’s just debits and credits, isn’t it? What we need to do is find out which jobs in the economy are ACTUALLY essential (bartenders, for instance), pay those people a good wage, and give UBI to everyone else so they can go to the fucking bar. Simple.”

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Author:Dmitry Dyatlov

“I have an odd fascination with sandcastles and ice sculptures: things that will only last a few moments. That’s also why I fall in love with women who will never love me back.”

Love Women Sandcastles

Book:Helium

Source: Helium

“so we have these vast convoluted processes of people doing bullshit jobs of incredible complexity, but for no apparent purpose”

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Author:James Suzman

“Michelangelo sculpted La Pietà when he was 23. At 23, members of my generation could not build even the most miserable of sandcastles.”

Sculpture Michelangelo Sandcastles

Author:Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

“Aesthetic life is not something sophisticated - that's a humanistic lie. Aesthetic life is as integral to being human as building sandcastles on the beach and giving your children names.”

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Author:Calvin Seerveld

“All your seriousness is about sandcastles. And you yourself will leave them one day, trampling them down, and you will not look back. The people who take it seriously miss the beauty of playfulness.”

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Author:Rajneesh

“I built you a sandcastle because you're a princess, but I tore it down because I'm a loser.”

Built Loser Princess Sandcastles

Author:Adam Young

“We're here for such a short amount of time. Why do we spend any of it building sandcastles?”

Building Amount Sandcastles

Author:Nick Hornby

“Where am I and doing what? You might well ask. Freaky chick, you say? You can't imagine. I am priestess of a sandcastle in a land of dust and starlight.”

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Book:Days of Blood and Starlight: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy

Source: Days of Blood and Starlight: Daughter of Smoke and Bone Trilogy

“Once upon a time, a girl lived in a sandcastle, making monsters to send through a hole in the sky.”

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Author:Laini Taylor