“A book no more contains reality than a clock contains time.”
― Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
― Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
“The only authority I respect is the one that causes butterflies to fly south in fall and north in springtime.”
― Another Roadside Attraction
― Another Roadside Attraction
“The unhappy person resents it when you try to cheer him up, because that means he has to stop dwelling on himself and start paying attention to the universe. Unhappiness is the ultimate form of self-indulgence. When you're unhappy, you get to pay a lot of attention to yourself. You get to take yourself oh so very seriously.”
― Jitterbug Perfume
― Jitterbug Perfume
“Teachers who offer you the ultimate answers do not possess the ultimate answers, for if they did, they would know that the ultimate answers cannot be given, they can only be received.”
― Jitterbug Perfume
― Jitterbug Perfume
“Unless it was about to cause you bodily harm, rot your rhubarb on the stalk, or carry off your children, weather ought either to be celebrated or ignored.”
― Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
― Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates
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