"People do sometimes change, of course. Habits, allegiances, dreams are all alterable, but only under extraordinary pressure - like great love, fear, grief. More often, people don't change. A girl who never missed a day of work does not suddenly decide to stay home in bed, for no good reason."

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Source : Josephine Humphreys (2000). “Dreams of Sleep”, p.32, Penguin

Josephine Humphreys

#Girl Quotes #Dream Quotes #Grief Quotes

“I think that it's a crime to say you are bored when time is so precious and there are so many things to do in life: read, learn, watch.”
“Practice and practice and practice, and you'll make friends all over the world.”
“One of the things my mother taught me when I was a child was just keep your eye on the prize and as long as you feel that you're right with your creator and you're right yourself, then other people's opinions really don't matter.”
“It always feels good to tell you the truth. If I can't share it with you, it feels like it didn't happen.”
“I always work on the theory that the audience will believe you best if you believe yourself.”
“We should not permit tolerance to degenerate into indifference.”

Source : Margaret Chase Smith (1972). “Declaration of Conscience”
“Social media is an amazing tool, but it's really the face-to-face interaction that makes a long-term impact.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.”

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