"A God you understood would be less than yourself."

-- Flannery O'Connor

#Would Be Quotes #Understood Quotes

“Patience was not something that came naturally to me, but in cooking it is the quintessential skill.”
“You canâ€™t learn to write in college. Itâ€™s a very bad place for writers because the teachers always think they know more than you do-and they donâ€™t. They have prejudices.”
“There is nothing in this world as invisible as a monument”
“No animal has more liberty than the cat, but it buries the mess it makes. The cat is the best anarchist.”
“By the time a man is wise enough to watch his step, he's too old to go anywhere.”
“Love, the magician, knows this little trick whereby two people walk in different directions yet always remain side by side....”

Source : Hugh Prather (2001). “Love and Courage”, p.40, Conari Press
“And woman is the same as horses: two wills act in opposition inside her. With one will she wants to subject herself utterly. With the other she wants to bolt, and pitch her rider to perdition.”
“I'll always be the baby in the family. I'm the youngest sister, but growing up with so many boys, it makes you tough. You get teased. There's no tiptoeing around each other. You say it the way it is; you're honest.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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