Quotes of the day, September 19

I'm just kind of a hippie. Age is not that relevant to the music.

Stephen Malkmus Pavement

• Music
• Hippie
• Relevant

I wanted him to see in that plate of pasta everything that, by leaving, he would no longer be able to look at, or touch, or caress, listen to, smell: never again.

Elena Ferrante

• Smell
• Careless
• Pasta

My enthusiasm for L.A. stems from my father, who was a lecturer in American literature at the University of Birmingham. Through his work, our family did several house swaps with L.A. families. It was a dreadfully daring thing to do in the early 1980s; there was no Internet, so you had no idea of what you were getting into.

Ben Miller

• Idea
• Enthusiasm
• My Father

We may go to church once a week, but our Christian life is daily - step-by-step.

David Jeremiah

• Life
• May
• Church

The Procrastinator has the opposite problem. He can’t selectively focus his attention and might endure frequent accusations about his laziness. In truth, he’s so distracted by stimuli that he can’t figure out where or how to get started. Sounds, smells, sights and the random wanderings of his thoughts continually vie for his attention.

Kate Kelly

• Attention
• Focus
• Wander