The snotgreen sea. The scrotumtightening sea.
—James Joyce, 1922
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You can’t find the soul with a scalpel.
—Gustave Flaubert, c. 1880Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
—William Makepeace Thackeray, 1847Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about the bamboo.
—Matsuo Basho, c. 1685The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honor or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1774No nation was ever ruined by trade.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1774Every man must descend into the flesh to meet mankind.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1910Everything is a miracle. It is a miracle that one does not dissolve in one’s bath like a lump of sugar.
—Pablo Picasso, 1929Life is no way to treat an animal.
—Kurt Vonnegut, 2005Think rich. Look poor.
—Andy Warhol, 1975It’s the end of the world every day, for someone.
—Margaret Atwood, 2000One of the animals which a generous and sociable man would soonest become is a dog. A dog can have a friend; he has affections and character; he can enjoy equally the field and the fireside; he dreams, he caresses, he propitiates; he offends and is pardoned; he stands by you in adversity; he is a good fellow.
—Leigh Hunt, 1834Memories are like corks left out of bottles. They swell. They no longer fit.
—Harriet Doerr, 1978