"In spite of its romantic frisson, the position of muse is very vague and largely thankless for the muse herself."

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Source : Katie Roiphe (2013). “In Praise of Messy Lives”, p.61, Canongate Books

Katie Roiphe

#Muse Quotes #Spite Quotes #Position Quotes

“I like to sing and leave songs on voicemail. It comes from the heart.”
“I once bought my kids a set of batteries for Christmas with a note on it saying, toys not included.”
“Where there is friendship, there is our natural soil.”
“Self-discovery in songwriting, bringing something forth that's instructive to yourself - some of the best songs that you will ever write are the ones where you didn't have to think about any of that stuff, but nonetheless that's what's happening in the song.”
“But then you say, Well, who makes the decision? Does the government make the decision? The reason this is such a national dispute and moral issue for people is because it occurs inside the body of a woman. That makes it really complicated. What are you going to do? Put women in prison? How much do we want the government to intrude on this?”

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“He did say I fascinated him, but he really should have clarified to me that I was just the fascination for the day.”
“Nobody was ever meant, To remember or invent, What he did with every cent.”
“Each of us will one day be judged by our standard of life, not by our standard of living; by our measure of giving, not by our measure of wealth; by our simple goodness, not by our seeming greatness.”

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