"I fill up the well of stories in my head - without ever knowing I'm doing it."

-- Michael Morpurgo

#Knowing Quotes #Stories Quotes #Wells Quotes

“I think thereâ€™s a lot of threshold weeping. Like, am I doing this? Am I really wearing this out in the world? My daughter is very much like that. She will put clothes on and her clothes just make her beside herself. They make her so sad sometimes. And you do realize you feel betrayed sometimes by your own clothing. You put something on that usually protects you and makes you OK, and sometimes youâ€™re just not fit for the world and even your best pants canâ€™t overcome that feeling for you.”
“You have to persuade yourself that you absolutely don't care what happens. If you don't care, you've won. I absolutely promise you, in every serious negotiation, the man or woman who doesn't care is going to win.”
“Happy the man who knows his duties!”
“The fence around a cemetery is foolish, for those inside can't come out and those outside don't want to get in.”
“There are people who can do all fine and heroic things but one - keep from telling their happiness to the unhappy.”
“For whatever reason, I didn't succumb to the stereotype that science wasn't for girls. I got encouragement from my parents. I never ran into a teacher or a counselor who told me that science was for boys. A lot of my friends did.”
“I like to have a hectic schedule.”
“Distilling is such a strange and arcane art, still. Not quite a science yet, but when someone's making something weird, I like to know about it.”

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