"The question is whether personal freedom is worth the terrible effort, the never-lifted burden and risks of self-reliance."

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Source : Said in 1936. Prologue to "The Ghost in the Little House" by William V. Holtz, 1993.

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#Self Quotes #Effort Quotes #Risk Quotes

“There will always be vain, obsessive people who want to own rare and extraordinary things whatever the cost; there will always be people for whom owning beautiful, dangerous animals brings a sense of power and magic.”
“As Rilke observed, love requires a progressive shortening of the senses: I can see you for miles; I can hear you for blocks, I can smell you, maybe, for a few feet, but I can only touch on contact, taste as I devour”

Source : William H. Gass (2014). “On Being Blue: A Philosophical Inquiry”, p.18, New York Review of Books
“The genre of fantasy is about magic and occult characters.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“There were some things you did, no matter what, and when a friend needed help, you helped them.”
“I love my squirrel and dumplings, but you can make it with chicken and dumplings. I love making the dumplings. I think I just like to roll out dough.”
“We must rejoice when love is great, and pardon its excess, for love is the staff of life, and life without love is life in vain.”

Source : Arthur Lynch (1921). “Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day”
“Babe Ruth made a great mistake when he gave up pitching.”
“I've spent the majority of my life estranged from either one or both of my parents, and I've really had a lot of time to break down all the reasons why. There was something buried inside of me that said, I've got to kind of unravel the reasons why I don't talk to them; why not just one, but both of my parents and I have these really messed up relationships. And why I've been so fractured all these years. I got to the point where I thought, I was not the best kid. I openly admit that. But then I realized it doesn't matter. I was a kid!”

Source : Source: therumpus.net

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