"One's prime is elusive. You little girls, when you grow up, must be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur. You must then live it to the full."

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Source : The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie ch. 1 (1961)

Muriel Spark

#Girl Quotes #Time Quotes #Growing Up Quotes

“Long friendships are like jewels, polished over time to become beautiful and enduring.”
“Those who use religion for their own benefit are detestable. We are against such a situation and will not allow it. Those who use religion in such a manner have fooled our people; it is against just such people that we have fought and will continue to fight.”
“I have committed my life to helping the poor, and I believe that if more companies followed Wal-Mart's lead in providing opportunity and savings to those who need it most, more Americans battling poverty would realize the American dream.”
“Suddenly, all at once, she knows, knows that he doesn't understand her, that he never will, that he lacks the power to understand such perverseness. And that he can never move fast enough to catch her.”

Source : Marguerite Duras (2011). “The Lover”, p.37, Pantheon
“we seem determined to give human qualities to objects and content to treat each other as things.”
“One of the marks of successful people is they are action oriented. One of the marks of average people is they are talk oriented.”
“You could carve out the inside of a brick and hide your money in it for safe keeping. Itâ€™s certainly safer than keeping it in the bank!”
“You can take a chance with any man who pays his bills on time.”

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