"Marriage is like democracy - it doesn't really work, but it's all we've been able to come up with ..."

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Source : Shirley Hazzard (1988). “Cliffs of Fall: And Other Stories”, Penguin Group USA

Shirley Hazzard

#Marriage Quotes #Democracy Quotes #Able Quotes

“Normal is in the eye of the beholder.”
“Some of us live a Christian life as if we're always under the stern, watchful eye of our Father and he is very impossible to please... No, God delights even in our heartfelt attempts at obedience.”
“In the first movement alone, I took note of six pregnancies and at least four miscarriages.”
“HBO is really famous for hiring good people and staying out of their way until they ask for help, or need it. And that reputation is earned.”
“Dogs are forever in the push up postion.”
“I want to be remembered as a person who kept it real, who did what he wanted to do, but never did nothing stupid and never tried to offend nobody else. I'm always being myself.”
“An idea's worth is directly proportional to the opposition created.”
“I realize that the strivings of the Polish people gave rise, and still do so, to the feelings of understanding and solidarity all over the world.”

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