Oxymoronica (AHK-see-mor-AHN-uh-kah) n
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Friday, September 05, 2008 - 12:38 AM
Any compilation of phrases or quotations that initially appear illogical or nonsensical, but upon reflection, make a good deal of sense and are often profoundly true.
I'll love you dear, I'll love you
Till China and Africa meet
And the river jumps over the mountain
And the salmon sing in the street.
I'll love you till the ocean
Is folded and hung up to dry
And the seven stars go squawking
Like geese about the sky.
W. H. Auden, in "As I
Walked Out One Evening"
Free love is too expensive.
Bernadette Devlin
I shut my eyes in order to see.
Paul Gauguin
Always remember that you are absolutely unique.
Just like everyone else.
Margaret Mead
It infuriates me to be wrong when I know I'm right.
Moliére
There are some ideas so wrong that
only a very intelligent person could believe them.
George Orwel
A normal adolescent isn't a normal adolescent
if he acts normal.
Judith Viorst
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