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Well,' said Mrs. Erdleigh, speaking kindly, as if to a child who has proposed a game inevitably associated with the breakage of china, 'I know trouble will come of it if we do. ↗

— Anthony Powell

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she started asking me all kinds of personal questions – how many girls had I slept with? Where I was from? Which university did I go to? What kind of music did I like? Had I ever read any novels by Osamu Dazai? Where would I like to go if I could travel abroad? Did I think her nipples were too big? I made up some answers and went to sleep, but next morning she said she wanted to have breakfast with me, and she kept up the stream of questions over the tasteless eggs and toast and coffee. What kind of work did my father do? Did I get good marks at school? What month was I born? Had I ever eaten frogs? She was giving me a headache, so as soon as we had finished eating I said I had to go to work. . . ↗

— Haruki Murakami

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It didn’t occur to me that… that gardening, like music, could demand practice, patience, a willingness to make mistakes. ↗

— Amy Stewert

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A good rock band is like a great lover. Their rhythms simultaneously jolt and calm you. They know when and where to tease you to make it feel the best, how to draw from you the ultimate pleasure. ↗

— Tom Leveen

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Well, I hope your ol' plane crashes. ↗

— Waylon Jennings Said to Buddy Holly on Feb.

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It was a new day yesterday, but it's an old day now. ↗

— Ian Anderson

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Reach deep into your wallet and buy a decent mule. ↗

— Robert Fitterman

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It's a really big struggle for me to write a song. Songs take either 30 seconds for me to write or a year or two to piece together, depending on the song and how I'm feeling on any given day. I don't really like to write music at all unless I am completely unbothered by touring. ↗

— Adam Levine

#touring #music

Have you ever listened to folk music? Let's face it, a lot of folk music is all about dead sailors, mad witches, rape and fratricide. ↗

— Marie Browne

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Pike spawn in February, March, and April because they cannot wait until May. ↗

— Will Cuppy

#humor #natural-history #nature