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“He asked that roses be planted on his grave. When I checked, a few years ago, a scrappy red rose was blooming there.”
― Orwell's Roses
― Orwell's Roses
“Als een sleep wordt de nachtschaduw over de aarde getrokken, en omdat na zonsondergang bijna iedereen tussen de wereldgordels zich te slapen legt, zo vervolgt hij, zou je wanneer je steeds de ondergaande zon volgt, voortdurend kunnen zien hoe de bol die wij bewonen vol ligt met een uitgestrekte, als door de zeis van Saturnus neer-gemaaide en geoogste lichamen - een eindeloos lang kerkhof voor een epileptische mensheid.”
― The Rings of Saturn
― The Rings of Saturn
“At its best, art can be nothing more than a means of forgetting the human disaster for a while.’
I am still working hard to make this ‘while’ worthwhile.
— I.B.S., ‘Author's Note,’ July 6, 1981.”
― The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer
I am still working hard to make this ‘while’ worthwhile.
— I.B.S., ‘Author's Note,’ July 6, 1981.”
― The Collected Stories of Isaac Bashevis Singer
“Every few blocks were vacant lots where victory gardens had been planted at the height of the war. By then, they were wrecked and full of debris. Once in a while, when you looked down at the sidewalk along the lots, you’d see a blade of grass growing up out of the concrete. That’s what my friend, the acting teacher Lee Strasberg, once called talent: a blade of grass growing up out of a block of concrete.”
― Sonny Boy: A Memoir
― Sonny Boy: A Memoir
“Most big freshwater fish, in most parts of the world, have all but disappeared from most places where they used to live. As with arapaima, the main reason is over-harvesting, but there are other factors too. Dams block the migration routes of many fish, so they disappear from the water above the dam — or even altogether, if breeding grounds are cut off. Draining of floodplains, cutting off backwaters, competition from invasive species and pollution also play a part. And sometimes it's just willful slaughter, as was the case with the North American alligator gar in the early 1900s, thanks to the incorrect assumption that killing these predators would boost populations of ‘game’ fish.”
― How to Think Like a Fish: And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in Angling
― How to Think Like a Fish: And Other Lessons from a Lifetime in Angling
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