"I suppose we all share this pipe-dream of being able to reach out a hand and find anything at will; what is amazing is that we think that good filing could somehow make it comes true. On the contrary: putting a letter into a filing system is like releasing your ferret in the Hampton Court maze."

-- Katharine Whitehorn

#Dream Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Hands Quotes

“The deeper question... is not whether ancient religious forms can reform... but whether new forms of nature-related spirituality might emerge...”
“A fine lady; by which term I wish to express the result of that perfect education in taste and manner, down to every gesture, which heaven forbid that I, professing to be a poet, should undervalue. It is beautiful, and therefore I welcome it in the name of the author of all beauty. I value it so highly that I would fain see it extend not merely from Belgravia to the tradesman's villa, but thence, as I believe it one day will, to the laborer's hovel and the needlewoman's garret.”
“Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women.”
“My second record I used a producer, which was frustrating in a way, because I think a lot of the punky spirit and provocative nature of the lyrics didn't come across - the music was pretty.”
“imagination is new reality in the process of being created. It represents the part of the existing order that can still grow.”

Source : Nancy Hale (1977). “The Realities of Fiction: A Book About Writing”, Greenwood Press
“When a dog is in your life, there is always a reason to laugh.”
“Sometimes one word can recall a whole span of life.”

Source : Edna O'Brien (1978). “Seven novels and other short stories”, HarperCollins
“If you're doing something radically new, you need a team that's willing to go on a ride that's very different from anything they've encountered before.”

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