Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
Overboarding: Overcompensating for fears about the future by plunging headlong into a job or life-style seemingly unrelated to one's previous life interests: i.e., Amway sales, aerobics, the Republican party, a career in law, cults, McJobs.... -- Douglas Coupland, "Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture" | |
And the silence came surging softly backwards When the plunging hooves were gone... -- Walter de La Mare, "The Listeners" |