"Being other than normal is a perilous advantage."

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Source : Natalie Clifford Barney, Anna Livia (1992). “A Perilous Advantage: The Best of Natalie Clifford Barney”, p.92, New Victoria Publishers

Natalie Clifford Barney

#Normal Quotes #Advantage Quotes

“You look like a winter night", he had told her when he had given it to her. "I could sleep inside the cold of you".”
“We were not finished yet, not even close. I could still smell her. I remembered what she felt like. What she tasted like. This wasnâ€™t a casual sexual thing. This was a mating. I would have Kate as my mate. Whatever it took, no matter how long, she would be with me.”
“I've done my best, and I begin to understand what is meant by 'the joy of strife'. Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.”
“Hold fast to the Bible. To the influence of this Book we are indebted for all the progress made in true civilization and to this we must look as our guide in the future.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“We are learning that the earth functions like an invisible organism. We are the various cells of one living being. Those who work to save the earth are its antibodies.”
“There's the fatigue that you have to forget about, because the red curtain still has to rise.”
“I know parts of all the decades come in and out of fashion, but you never get to wear an entire outfit exactly how it was.”
“I'm the underdog, but know what I'm capable of.”

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