"It was not a house where secrets could be kept easily."

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Source : Tracy Chevalier (1999). “Girl with a Pearl Earring”, E P Dutton

Tracy Chevalier

#House Quotes #Secret Quotes

“This toast feels raw. Is it safe to eat raw toast?”
“Wherever you are, whatever your circumstances may be, whatever misfortune you may have suffered, the music of your life has not gone. It's inside you - if you listen to it, you can play it.”
“What's real? What's not? That's what I do in my act, test how other people deal with reality.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The first money I ever had was when I received an award from the American Association of University Women.”
“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
“It is better to give love. Hatred is a low and degrading motion and is so poisonous that no man is strong enough to use it safely. The hatred we think we are directing against some person or thing or system has a devilish way of turning back upon us. When we seek revenge we administer slow poison to ourselves. When we administer affection it is astonishing what magical results we obtain.”
“What you have to go through to release a film is probably the most arduous set of tasks - compared to all the other things an artist can release, it's probably the most labor - intensive, especially if you don't have any money and not a large team.”
“The easy way out is often just that-the 'easy' way out of the most rewarding lifestyle.”

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