Thursday, May 14, 2009

Headin' Home

We are heading out later today, going to Northwest Ohio (her home, my home-in-law) for a long weekend. Gets me thinking about home, and a couple quotes for you:

"Everybody here comes from somewhere that they would just as soon forget."

and
"There's nothing wrong with where I come from, sometimes it's meant to be just that."

First person to correctly identify the author and original publication for both quotes wins a prize*.


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1 comment:

Don said...

Michael Stipe - R.E.M. - Accelerate

Scott Miller & The Commonwealth -
Thus Always to Tyrants