“We look too much to museums. The sun coming up in the morning is enough.”
― Shadow and Act
― Shadow and Act
“The truth may be stretched thin, but it never breaks, and it always surfaces above lies, as oil floats on water.”
― Don Quixote
― Don Quixote
“The world is full of magic. You’ve just got to learn how to access it.”
― Get Rich or Get Lucky
― Get Rich or Get Lucky
“In 1930 the price of cotton dropped. And so, in the spring of 1931, Papa set out looking for work, going as far north as Memphis and as far south as the Delta country. He had gone west too, into Louisiana. It was there he found work laying track for the railroad. He worked the remainder of the year away from us, not returning until the deep winter when the ground was cold and barren. The following spring after the planting was finished, he did the same. Now it was 1933, and Papa was again in Louisiana laying track. I”
― Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
― Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry
“Anyone who says "Trust me" is the last motherfucker you should ever trust.”
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