"If you want to fly, you have to give up the things that weigh you down."

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Toni Morrison

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“After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem - which is usually off limits for tourists.”
“The road to love is littered by the bones of other ones, who by the magic of the moment were mysteriously undone.”
“Man can have strength of character only as he is capable of controlling his faculties; of choosing a rational end; and, in its pursuit, of holding fast to his integrity against al! the might of external nature.”

Source : Adam Reid, Benjamin Wood, Friedrich Schleiermacher, Henry Brewster Stanton, Laurens Perseus Hickok (1850). “Strength and beauty: A baccalaureate sermon, delivered at Williamstown, Ms. August 17, 1851”
“Of course, the EU is not going to fall apart, but at best it will stagnate for the foreseeable future and we will be dealing with quite a lot of internal chaos.”
“Maidens! why should you worry in choosing whom you shall marry? Choose whom you may, you will find you have got somebody else.”

Source : John Hay (1916). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Hay: Including Many Poems Now First Collected”
“Touring is what you make it. I like to organise as much as possible myself.”
“Some people swear by writing courses, but whether it really helps American poetry, I have doubts.”
“My views are just about the same as Casey's.”

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