"I don't think that most women have to prove that they're real women. You live long enough, you graduate to being real."

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Source : Charles Baxter (2009). “The Feast of Love”, p.33, Vintage

Charles Baxter

#Real Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Long Quotes

“Although the optimist may be a little giddy when foreseeing the future, telling himself that it will all work out in the end when that isn't always the case, his attitude is more fruitful since, in the hope of undertaking a hundred projects, followed up by diligent action, the optimist will end up completing fifty. Conversely, in limiting himself to undertake a mere ten, the pessimist might complete five at best and often fewer, since he'll devote little energy to a task he feels to be doomed from the start.”
“Does anyone actually think I'm going to call Tiger Woods and tell him what to do with his swing one day, and he's going to go out and do it, simple as that? It doesn't work like that.”
“This case is just as racist as the fictional, but unfortunately all too typical case, in 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.”
“Never use the passing years as an excuse for old age.”
“We're all strangers connected by what we reveal, what we share, what we take away--our stories. I guess that's what I love about books--they are thin strands of humanity that tether us to one another for a small bit of time, that make us feel less alone or even more comfortable with our aloneness, if need be.”
“I played a practice round with Hubert [Green] the other day, and when we got to the ninth green, I heard a fan say, "Why does Hubert have two caddies?"”
“If one day I have to leave Barcelona, probably the first thing I will look into is Arsenal”
“You have two choices with Obama. You either believe that he is a man of Christ... or you think he's a liar. And I'm surprised by the number of atheist free thinkers that support Obama, and their argument is essentially, 'He's lying about being religious 'cause you have to do that to get elected.' It's a horrible reason to like somebody.”

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