"It is well, when in difficulties, to say never a word, neither black nor white. Speech is silver but silence is golden."

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Source : Muriel Spark (2015). “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie”, p.11, Canongate Books

Muriel Spark

#White Quotes #Silence Quotes #Black Quotes

“I think that I would have made a fine president. But it really came down for me to a very personal, a very intimate and a spiritual decision. I don't rule anything out for the long-term future.”
“One of the best things about lifeâ€”a reason not to go blindly after one goal and one goal onlyâ€”is that sometimes it will take you to something that is way cooler than anything you would have consciously set out to do in the first place.”

Source : Sophia Amoruso (2014). “#Girlboss”, p.118, Penguin UK
“if the way ahead is not clear, time is often the best editor of one's intentions.”
“To find the universal elements enough; to find the air and the water exhilarating; to be refreshed by a morning walk or an evening saunter... to be thrilled by the stars at night; to be elated over a bird's nest or a wildflower in spring - these are some of the rewards of the simple life.”

Source : John Burroughs, Charlotte Zoë Walker (2001). “The Art of Seeing Things: Essays”, p.242, Syracuse University Press
“I had no choice but to make me as a comedian, because I am not particularly gifted with a lot of marketable skills. Unless I really want to spend the rest of my life temping, or teaching drama to third-graders, I don't have a lot of other options - which is freeing, in a way. I never have to say, "Well, I could always go back to law school."”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“How many minds--almost all the great ones--were formed in secrecy and solitude!”
“The materials shape your idea.”
“The solutions put forth by imperialism are the quintessence of simplicity...When they speak of the problems of population and birth, they are in no way moved by concepts related to the interests of the family or of society...Just when science and technology are making incredible advances in all fields, they resort to technology to suppress revolutions and ask the help of science to prevent population growth. In short, the peoples are not to make revolutions, and women are not to give birth. This sums up the philosophy of imperialism.”

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