"But if Maggie had been that young lady, you would probably have known nothing about her: her life would have had so few vicissitudes that it could hardly have been written; for the happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history."

-- George Eliot

#Maggie Quotes #Vicissitudes Quotes #Young Quotes

“... we become so accustomed to meet with injustice, and, if we are at all sincere with our own hearts, are so conscious of being guity of it ourselves, that we learn to look upon it almost as a necessity.”
“Thanks to farm subsidies, the fine collaboration between agribusiness and Congress, soy, corn and cattle became king. And chicken soon joined them on the throne. It was during this period that the cycle of dietary and planetary destruction began, the thing we're only realizing just now.”
“The cup of tea on arrival at a country house is a thing which, as a rule, I particularly enjoy. I like the crackling logs, the shaded lights, the scent of buttered toast, the general atmosphere of leisured cosiness.”
“Laughter lifts our spirits, surprises and sometime shocks our expectations, allows us to cross boundaries, reorders our priorities, and gives us access to ideas and associations we rarely ever thought to have.”

Source : Jean Houston (1996). “A Mythic Life: Learning to Live Our Greater Story”, Harpercollins
“Easier to keep changing your life than to live it.”
“I pretty much grew up in public.”
“I am one whose faith is, that love and friendship, with ardent natures, are like those trees of the torrid zone which yield fruit but once, and then die.”

Source : Edward John Trelawny (1835). “Adventures of a Younger Son”, p.506
“If there's anything better than a God-given talent, it's a God-given day job.”

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