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Jitterbug Perfume

by Tom Robbins

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Michael’s Quotes

“The future is there... looking back at us. Trying to make sense of the fiction we will have become.”
― William Gibson, Pattern Recognition

tags: future

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“There is a moon,
that rests in the quiet corners
of a lover’s lips.”
― Sanober Khan, A Thousand Flamingos

tags: corner, deep-love, deep-thoughts, depth, free-verse, full-moon, indian-authors, lips, love, love-quotes, lover, lovers, moon, moon-magic, moonlight, poetry, poetry-quotes, poets, quiet, quietness, rest

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“I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end.”
― Gilda Radner

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“The canvas isn’t empty. It’s full of whatever you imagine it to be full of. My art is so conceptual that not only do I not tell, but I don’t even show. All I do is sign the canvas and try to sell it.”
― Jarod Kintz, At even one penny, this book would be overpriced. In fact, free is too expensive, because you'd still waste time by reading it.

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“Like most little girls, I found the lure of grown-up accessories astonishing - lipstick, perfume, hats and gloves. When I write female characters in my historical novels, getting these details right is vital.”
― Sara Sheridan

tags: accessories, accuracy, beauty, details, female-characters, girls, gloves, hats, history, lipstick, novels, perfume, women, writing

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