--- title: "2 Michael Tobert Quotes" description: "Michael Tobert has 2 quotes on SMS4Smile. 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The dense ridges of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-tobert/the-gingko-tree-leans-lazily-against-the-facing-wall-or-perhaps-it/) Michael Tobert [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/406/michael-tobert-97346_cultural_the-gingko-tree-leans-lazily-against-the_3009492.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-tobert/#itemlist", "name": "Michael Tobert Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The coolies pull them across Howrah bridge, which they share with cars, trucks, bullock carts, a party of young women in saris strolling in no hurry wearing bangles on their ankles, an elephant also in no hurry, and a cow that is lying down in the middle of the road chewing lazily a booklet entitled Dr W C Roy’s SPECIFIC FOR INSANITY. 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