After all, when you come right down to it, how many people speak the same language even when they speak the same language?

Russell Hoban

Stichwörter: inspirational



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Destiny is not to be trifled with. Do not commit the tragic error of satisfying present appetite at the cost of future fulfilment

Russell Hoban


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If we'd been edible we'd never have lasted this long.

Russell Hoban

Stichwörter: dog-eat-dog



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We can't all be investigating non-coding DNA," I said, feeling an upsurge of gastric acid. "Some of us have to sell bullshit self-improvement courses

Russell Hoban


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What is all this talk of elephants and seals?' asked Frog. 'It's nonsense', said the father, 'and yet it's not the child's fault. Our motor is in me. He fills the empty space inside himself with foolish dreams that cannot possibly come true'.

Russell Hoban


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Where are we?' the mouse child asked his father. His voice was tiny in the stillness of the night. 'I don't know' the father replied. 'What are we Papa?'. 'I don't know. We must wait and see'.

Russell Hoban


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What do you do when you're wound up?' she asked. 'Do you play that drum?'. 'No,' said the child. 'We used to dance.' 'But now we walk,' said the father. 'And behind us an enemy walks faster.' 'That's life,' said Euterpe.

Russell Hoban


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He was thinking what a long and wide thing time is, to have so many happenings in it.

Russell Hoban

Stichwörter: time



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O yes youwl want to think on that you dont want your mouf to walk you where your feet dont want to go.

Russell Hoban

Stichwörter: pause thoughtlessness speaking consider foot-in-mouth



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I said, 'Yes theres a lot to look a head to. Like croaking iron at Widders Dump. We do the croaking and they get the iron.'
He said, 'Riddley theres other things to do as wel.'
I said, 'Yes and they all smel of cow shit dont they?

Russell Hoban

Stichwörter: optimism



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