"I pulled myself up and told myself to stop these ridiculous thoughts, wondering why it is that we can never stop trying to analyse the motives of people who have no personal interest in us, in the vain hope of finding that perhaps they may have just a little after all."

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Source : Barbara Pym (2006). “Excellent Women”, p.162, Penguin

Barbara Pym

#People Quotes #Trying Quotes #May Quotes

“I was a very unpleasant young man. If I met the young Ingmar today I'd say, 'You're very talented and I'll try to help you, but I don't want anything else to do with you.”
“Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.”
“God never made an ugly landscape. All that sun shines on is beautiful, so long as it is wild.”
“When Paris Hilton can top the bestsellers' lists, we are one more Connect Four move closer to Armageddon.”
“Art is like a butterfly fluttering in a meadow. Analysis of art is like a butterfly on a pin. Each has its value, but we must always be aware of the difference, and what is gained or lost.”
“God's image is the married couple, a man and women, together. Not just the man. Not just the woman. No, both of them. That's God's image.”
“Piano playing is more difficult than statesmanship. It is harder to awake emotions in ivory keys than it is in human beings.”
“Telling people that I wanted to make dance music, or be on the radio, they looked at me like I was crazy because there was nothing like that in Lichtenstein when I was getting started. That's why I went to Germany, because there is industry there.”

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