My Private Property Quotes

“It is sad, is it not, that no one today displays an interest in the art of shrunken heads. Men, women, and children walk on the streets, they cross fields and enter forests, they run along the edges of oceans, but none of them, to the best of my knowledge, are thinking about shrunken heads.”
― Mary Ruefle, My Private Property

“...in the beginning you understand the world but not yourself, and when you finally understand yourself you no longer understand the world.”
― Mary Ruefle, My Private Property

“Staliśmy naprzeciwko siebie, zapatrzeni jak wtedy, gdy niespodziewanie spotyka się jelenia - oboje zastygacie na chwilę, równie zaskoczeni, i to spojrzenie zdaje się być pojedynczym, jakby obie strony miały te same oczy.”
― Mary Ruefle, My Private Property