"Mother has to be coerced into doing a lot of things."

--

Bess Truman

“Sometimes I wish I were a cannibal â€“ less for the pleasure of eating someone than for the pleasure of vomiting him.”
“I always think the everyday is more relevant than anything too grand because we all have to deal with it.”
“And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well.”
“When you succeed at creating your own world, whether it's in any realm - like Tolkien was able to do - and people are able to enter that world, it's a special thing.”
“It is an anxious, sometimes a dangerous thing to be a doll. Dolls cannot choose; they can only be chosen; they cannot 'do'; they can only be done by.”

Source : Rumer Godden (2015). “The Dolls' House”, p.9, Pan Macmillan
“I am very self-critical, but that's a good thing because it keeps me growing as a human being and as a musician.”
“The speed of movement towards independence will depend on Kosovo demonstrating that it is capable of treating minorities well. We have not always seen that.”
“I always change my hair, but I don't like haircuts!”

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