You have taught me the fear of becoming lost, which has killed the pleasure
of curiosity and discovery. In strange cities, I memorize streets and always
know exactly where I am. Amid scenes of great splendor, I review the route
back to the hotel.
-- Garrison Keillor, "Lake Wobegon Days"
of curiosity and discovery. In strange cities, I memorize streets and always
know exactly where I am. Amid scenes of great splendor, I review the route
back to the hotel.
-- Garrison Keillor, "Lake Wobegon Days"
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- I once tried to spread a rumor that I had an offer of $15,000 to leave radio
and fly out to the coast but when the story came back to me,
it was $1200 to go to Seattle. -- Garrison Keillor... - Even now, I go to someone's house and think I am being a good guest if I am
very quiet,
don't ask for anything, and refuse anything that's... - When you're around it all the time, you don't notice it so much.
Garrison Keillor, "Lake Wobegon... - On this morning in August when I was 13, my mother sent us out pick
tomatoes.
Back in April I'd have killed for a fresh tomato, but... - You have taught me to value a good night's sleep over all else including
adventures of love and friendship,
and even when the night is charged with magic, to be... - Lake Wobegon takes its name from an Indian phrase that means either
'Here we are!' or 'we sat all day in the rain waiting for you.'
-
Garrison Keillor, "Lake Wobegon... - The Lake Wobegon runestone, which proves that Viking explorers were here
in 1381,
is a small black stone covered with Viking runic characters... - There's no place like home when you're not feeling well.
Garrison Keillor, "Lake Wobegon... - if the church put in half the time on covetousness that it does
on lust,
this would be a better world. -- Garrison Keillor...
