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Saint Joan
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She is the most notable Warrior Saint in the Christian calendar, and the queerest fish among the eccentric worthies of the Middle Ages.
“If you ever have need of my life, come and take it.”
― The Seagull
― The Seagull
“If he be Mr. Hyde" he had thought, "I shall be Mr. Seek.”
― Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
― Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
“The Life of Chuck:
I am wonderful, I deserve to be wonderful, and I contain multitudes.”
― If It Bleeds
I am wonderful, I deserve to be wonderful, and I contain multitudes.”
― If It Bleeds
“What’s life to us poor folks? The moment you land in this life the old man starts cussing that there’s another mouth to feed. You go off hungry to school in the morning, and when you got to bed at night the hunger’s still gnawing at your gut. And then you join the work force. Sell your strength like you’d sell a gallon o’ gas. And you belong to the boss, the man with the money. And you become…in a manner of speaking…a hammer or a chair or a steam shovel or a fountain pen, or else you turn into a laundry iron. That’s the way it is. What’s the one joy you have left? Love! Where nobody can tell you what to do? Love! Where you’re free on home ground and you can tell the boss and his flunkies: Private Property! No trespassing! Love! The rich, see, they’ve got so many things to amuse themselves with…seaside vacations and music and books…but us? Yeah, sure we pick up a book once in a while, but not every day. Who’s got the know-how? Who’s got the time? And music? Well, opera’s alright, but gimme a good variety show or an operetta…“Marquis of Luxembourg”…or “Waltzing Dream” or “The Merry Widow,”…you know the…
"Vilja, o Vilja, sweet maid o’ the woods”…or lemme drop a dime in the juke box, play a waltz and grab my girl…that’s my idea of fun… To us, love ain’t what it is to the rich. It’s our…in a manner of speaking…it’s our reason for living. If that goes, you can just as well can it all. Ain’t it the truth, Eugene?”
― Hinkemann
"Vilja, o Vilja, sweet maid o’ the woods”…or lemme drop a dime in the juke box, play a waltz and grab my girl…that’s my idea of fun… To us, love ain’t what it is to the rich. It’s our…in a manner of speaking…it’s our reason for living. If that goes, you can just as well can it all. Ain’t it the truth, Eugene?”
― Hinkemann
“Here stands a man alone.
Here looms an abyss, call it: No consolation.
Here floats a heaven, call it: No happiness.
Here grows a forest, call it: Scorn and ridicule.
Here flows an ocean, call it: Pathetic.
Here darkness chokes, call it: No love.
And not a soul around to help…”
― Hinkemann
Here looms an abyss, call it: No consolation.
Here floats a heaven, call it: No happiness.
Here grows a forest, call it: Scorn and ridicule.
Here flows an ocean, call it: Pathetic.
Here darkness chokes, call it: No love.
And not a soul around to help…”
― Hinkemann
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