"Maybe we're stuck with who we are."

-- Alice Mattison

#Who We Are Quotes #Stuck Quotes

“Yeah, I spent about 20 years in a dorm room. It took me a while to graduate.”
“I think we crushed ourselves down over the centuries. Buried ourselves under greed and hate and whatever other sins we could find until our souls finally hit the rock bottom of the universe. And then they scraped a hole through it, into some ... darker place.”
“It is hardly to be believed how spiritual reflections when mixed with a little physics can hold people's attention and give them a livelier idea of God than do the often ill-applied examples of his wrath.”
“The sound of a kiss is not so loud as that of a cannon, but its echo lasts a great deal longer.”
“Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead.”
“I am not unaware how unpopular on this floor are the sentiments I am about to advocate.”
“Integrate what you believe in every single area of your life. Take your heart to work and ask the most and best of everybody else, too.”
“With my little band, I did everything they did with a big band. I made the blues jump.”

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