"I had only two offers of marriage in my life, and I refused both."

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Source : Catherine Helen Spence, Susan Magarey, Maryan Beams (2005). “Ever Yours, C.H. Spence: Catherine Helen Spence's An Autobiography (1825-1910), Diary (1894) and Some Correspondence (1894-1910)”, p.45, Wakefield Press

Catherine Helen Spence

#Two Quotes #Offers Quotes

“In my writing I hope to have a balance between the good and bad, the hard and soft.”
“The fear of rejection really kind of stunts your growth as a person.Â I mean, it's like a friend of mine says, who cares if you fail?Â Who cares if you fail?Â It's like babies try to get up and walk all the time and they keep falling down.Â If we just gave up, we'd all be crawling around.”
“I think, like everybody else in New Hampshire, when I pull up to fill up my car and I pay $50, I get upset. And I'm wondering if these prices are legitimate.”
“Cheeses crusty, got all musty, got damp on the stone of a peach.”
“Daddy, What's the horizontal tango?”
“In soccer, the blindest player is the one who sees nothing but the ball.”

Source : "À sombra das chuteiras imortais: crônicas de futebol" by Nelson Rodrigues, Ruy Castro - Publicado por Companhia das Letras, (p. 102), 1993.
“I will criticize President Obama on this level: it's a good thing I'm not president because I would prosecute every person that was involved in that torture. I would prosecute the people that did it. I would prosecute the people that ordered it. Because torture is against the law.”
“There's nothing like the first horseback ride to make a person feel better off.”

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