"Thinking, not for the first time, that life should come with a trapdoor. Just a little exit hatch you could disappear through when youÂ´d utterly and completely mortified yourself. Or when you had spontaneous zit eruptions. â€œGood book?â€ he asked, taking it from her and reading the subtitle, â€œA Guide for Good Girls Who (Sometimes) Want to Be Bad,â€ out loud. But life did not come with a trapdoor."

-- Michele Jaffe

#Girl Quotes #Book Quotes #Reading Quotes

“Our path is sometimes rough and sometimes smooth; nonetheless, life is a constant journey... whatever we do is regarded as our journey, our path. That path consists of opening oneself to the road, opening oneself to the steps we are about to take.”
“One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.”
“The dog, on the other hand, has few or no ideas because his brain acts in coarse fashion and because there are few connections with each single process.”

Source : Edward Thorndike (2017). “Animal Intelligence: Experimental Studies”, p.322, Routledge
“Listen twice as much as you talk, since you were born with two ears and one mouth.”
“It must be remembered that even though the ego is the individual's inaccurate concept of him- or herself, it seems to be what the person is.”
“want won't kill you half as quick as worry will.”
“Every girl likes to be thought of and made to feel special.”
“In short, the animal and vegetable lines, diverging widely above, join below in a loop.”

Source : Asa Gray (1880). “Natural Science and Religion”

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