"The women in the room chatted about love, about childhood, about losing parents, about Mr. Spock, about good books they'd read. They mothered each other."

-- Louise Penny

#Book Quotes #Parent Quotes #Childhood Quotes

“When I was young, I asked my priest how to get to heaven and still protect yourself from all the evil in the world. He told me what God told His children;'You are sheep among wolves, be wise as the serpent, yet innocent as doves.”
“The unconscious is our best collaborator.”
“Iâ€™m not interested in my standard of living, my health, my job, my rights, my freedoms, my future, or any future.”
“Musically, I didn't relate to Berlin. There seemed to be a lot of machine music made there - I don't think I saw a stringed instrument in two years.”
“What I said to my family is, 'Our history is our own. Let people write what they want, we know who we are.”
“With my team I am an absolute czar. My men know it. I order plays and they obey. If the don't, I fine them.”
“A whole other generation is coming up to me now - anywhere from 8 to 22 years old - wanting me to sign autographs. They think Journey was awesome.”
“And we are a people without tears. The things that moved our parents do not move us at all.”

Source : Natalia Ginzburg, Dick Davis (1989). “The Little Virtues”, p.51, Arcade Publishing

You may also like: