"Chivalry is like a line of credit. You can get plenty of it when you do not need it."

-- Nellie L. McClung

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“We should never, never be afraid or ashamed about dreams. The dreams wonâ€™t all come true; we wonâ€™t always make it; but where there is no vision a people perish. Where people have no dreams and no hopes and aspirations, life becomes dull and a meaningless wilderness.”
“To be born as a human being is a rare thing, something to be grateful for. But being born as a human being is worthless if you spend your whole life in a mental hospital. It is worthless if you worry about not having money. It is worthless if you become neurotic because you cannot get a prestigious job. It is worthless if you weep because you lose your girlfriend.”
“A man must not swallow more beliefs than he can digest.”
“I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call crap, or you can work very modestly with eloquently moving results.”
“Just to settle it once and for all: Which came first, the chicken or the egg? The egg, laid by a bird that was not a chicken.”
“You cant make your music good. You cant try to be good. You can try to be present and you can try to remain open so what is going to speak to you can speak through you.”
“Paranoia is an illness I contracted in institutions. It is not the reason for my sentences to reform school and prison. It is the effect, not the cause.”

Source : Jack Henry Abbott (1982). “In the belly of the beast: letters from prison”, Vintage
“Mama had an appreciation of the language. She taught me a love of words, of how they should be used and how they can fill a creative soul with a passion and lead to a life's work.”

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