Sunday, February 20, 2011

Oh, yeah. This again...

So, I am running out of Junk Yard quotes, for realz, fool. What to do, what to do?

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1- "My mother is a Fish"
-William Faulkner-

Years later, I look back on this book and where it was once my least favorite of all time, I realize Faulkner was a genius and that maybe at the end of my life, I might eventually be as awesome as he was. This quote is amazing, signifying the breakdown of young Vardaman--his attempts at allowing his dead mother to breath but instead drilling holes in the woman's face being a wonderful example of how much he doesn't grasp the gravity of death. Finally, he comes to associate his mother with a fish--which I might add also died. In essence, the chapter is Vardaman admitting that in her current state, his mother is the same as a dead fish. If that isn't horrifying, then mayhaps you've been conditioned too hard against horror. Or, you could have worse horrors of your own. I'm not going to judge.



2 -"Even on the stormiest of days, the sun shines. Your fault is only that you will not look past the hurricane clouds to see that sun."
-David Mathis-

Yet again, I apparently have to use my own quotes in every junkyard so far, but this was a quote I wrote for a piece of prose that I called "overture" and I feel like it is pretty solid. Just remember that on a stormy day, the sun really does keep shining. Just because you can't see it doesn't mean it isn't there for you. There is always a sun shining, but you sometimes just have to look for it. I like it because I already used it in prose, but I think it could be used again.

3 - "I met someone who reminded me of myself--I couldn't stand her."
-Random online person-

I feel the same way when I meet someone who is me. I sometimes wonder if I wouldn't hate myself were I not me and that was a concept I used to struggle with a lot. On the other hand, I maintain that this world would run so much smoother if I was the only inhabitant and everyone was a clone of me.

4 -"All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach. "
-Adolf Hitler-

Brilliance. I suppose it is a concept that seems like an already known idea, but until articulated so clearly, perhaps it isn't.

5 - "Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves."
-Albert Einstein-

This man was more of a genius than anyone gave him credit for. He is my hero.

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