User:Kaodigua/quotes

An archive of the quotes on my mind, from my user page:

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Nov. 22, 2020

"This is water. This is water."

-David Foster Wallace

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Oct. 19, 2020

"If the only thing that you ever see is your own ugly mug it's guaranteed to drive you nuts after a while."

-Ulrich Plenzdorf, from The New Sorrows of Young W. (p. 62)

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Sept. 8, 2020

"Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars and he'll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it."

-Steven Wright

(Is this the original source of this quote? I've looked around a lot, but can't find who originally said/wrote this.)

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July 28, 2020

"She never thought about him long enough to wonder if she should."

-Ann Patchett, from Bel Canto (p. 79)

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July 18, 2020

"Unlike the brain, the heart is not polarized. It is a place of unity consciousness."

-Dr. Carl Totten, from What's This Tao All About? (ep 5)