"A majority of young people seem to develop mental arteriosclerosis forty years before they get the physical kind."

-- Aldous Huxley

#Years Quotes #People Quotes #Majority Quotes

“Natural grass is a wonderful thing for little bugs and sinkerball pitchers.”
“To go from being an unpopular, chubby little kid who was chasing girls and couldn't seem to catch them, to being chased after and making sure I ran slow enough that I did get caught, it was 180 degree turn. It was being given the keys to the candy store.”
“Poland didn't experience a groundbreaking moment in 1989. We didn't storm the secret police building. The squads of secret police, with all their political baggage, remained unscathed.”
“I told my wife the truth. I told her I was seeing a psychiatrist. Then she told me the truth: that she was seeing a psychiatrist, two plumbers, and a bartender.”
“Those who thank God much are the truly wealthy. So our inner happiness depends not on what we experience but on the degree of our gratitude to God, whatever the experience.”
“Sometimes people will hear you and be able to change their behavior, but often their behavior has more to do with their own need for approval than with your need for support. No matter what their response, you need to be firm and hold your ground. At the end of the day, your health is your responsibility.”
“I did not know him, I knew my idea of him.”

Source : Sharon Olds (2012). “Stag's Leap”, p.74, Random House
“Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful.”

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