"Anything we have, we are only borrowing. Anything. Any time."

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Source : Elizabeth Berg (2002). “True To Form”, p.72, Simon and Schuster

Elizabeth Berg

#Borrowing Quotes

“The more simply we look at ticklish questions, the more placid will be our lives and relationships.”
“When we violate the law ourselves, whatever short-term advantage may be gained, we are obviously encouraging others to violate the law; we thus encourage disorder and instability and thereby do incalculable damage to our own long-term interests.”
“We don't live forever... Our legacy does.”
“Once you have a certain amount of money, it ceases to be an issue. I'd rather put my cultural imprint on the fabric of life. After money, all you want is immortality.”
“Talk. We are going to talk first. I want to see you smile and laugh. I want to know what your favorite show was when you were a kid and who made you cry at school and what boy band you hung posters of on your wall. Then I want you naked in my bed again.”
“If you are in business, you are not enjoying. You are working.”
“We are on the planet to... wrap our consciousness around the divine treasure within us...”
“Eating too much meat gives you indigestion and evil thoughts make you eat too much meat.”

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