"I like stirring the pot - I think it's part of my duty, to shake people up a bit - make them look at things in a different way."

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Source : "Nina's wars" by Susanna Rustin, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2003.

Nina Bawden

#Thinking Quotes #People Quotes #Looks Quotes

“The poet cannot invent new words every time, of course. He uses the words of the tribe. But the handling of the word, the accent, a new articulation, renew them.”
“Always try to grow in your garden some plant or plants out of the ordinary, something your neighbors never attempted. For you can receive no greater flattery than to have a gardener of equal intelligence stand before your plant and ask, "What is that?"”
“The stronger and more intense my desire becomes to capture and record that which is unsayable, the more tightly my mouth stays shut.”
“When you're going through a breakup, you should just let yourself feel everything so you can get over it as opposed to pretending everything's okay and dragging it out.”
“No one deserves anything from you. No one deserves your trust or your loveâ€”they have to earn it.”
“I come more to Scotland than I ever used to, so I feel more connected to it, more part of the zeitgeist. You know when you realize you have a choice and I'm choosing my homeland. It's funny: when you get older these things creep up to you.”
“Do you mind even a little that you are still addicted to people-pleasing, and are still putting everyone elseâ€™s needs and laundry and career ahead of your creative, spiritual life? Giving all your life force away, to â€œhelpâ€ and impress. Well, your help is not helpful, and falls short.”
“Never increase, beyond what is necessary, the number of entities required to explain anything.”

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