Erlend Loe Quotes
When the universe is ephemeral, one can easily feel that human existence is meaningless. Why should I do anything at all? On the other hand it is tempting to try and make the best of it. I'm here, anyway. The imagination won't cope if I try to picture where I'd otherwise be.
Erlend Loe
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I was a victim of a stereotype. There were only two of us Negro kids in the whole class, and our English teacher was always stressing the importance of rhythm in poetry. Well, everybody knows - except us - that all Negroes have rhythms, so they elected me class poet.
Langston Hughes
I had my first real kiss at Magic Mountain on a park bench. Not the most romantic thing ever.
Vanessa Hudgens
Our elite believe in a new trinity of equality, democracy and diversity. Indeed, after the Cold War, we declared the spread of democracy worldwide to be our historic mission and national goal.
Pat Buchanan
I came to New York with $500 and I had to live on that, but thankfully I was taken up by photographers quickly.
Babette March
A soul is a troublesome possession, and when man developed it he lost the Garden of Eden.
W. Somerset Maugham
With 140 words in Chinese, you really can write a novel. Most of Confucius’s sentences are only four words, so 140 words might take his whole life to write. And you can discuss the most profound ideas related to democracy, freedom, poetry.
Ai Weiwei
I'd always fought against presenting radio really, because my father was a radio DJ in Australia. He's just recently retired. And I kind of didn't want to follow in his footsteps. But I suppose, as we all find as we become older, to some extent we do all become our parents.
Jarvis Cocker
Pulp
I feel like I could dominate the origami field. I think I have enormous potential in that area.
Jon Cryer
Never trust a woman who wears mauve, whatever her age may be, or a woman over thirty-five who is fond of pink ribbons.
Oscar Wilde
The State is, and always has been, the great single enemy of the human race, its liberty, happiness, and progress.
Murray Rothbard
We decipherers cannot afford to be as picky as the linguist, who can always run back to a native speaker for a few more forms.
E. J. W. Barber
When the universe is ephemeral, one can easily feel that human existence is meaningless. Why should I do anything at all? On the other hand it is tempting to try and make the best of it. I'm here, anyway. The imagination won't cope if I try to picture where I'd otherwise be.
Erlend Loe
