"I like to say I had a very varied undergraduate education. I was an English major first, and then at the end of my college career I decided I was interested in urban planning. I became an urban studies major, with a minor in poetry. I don't think I knew what I was looking for in my early twenties, but I know I kept not finding it."

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Ayana Mathis

#College Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Urban Quotes

“Surround yourself with good people. People who are going to be honest with you and look out for your best interests.”

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“People ask me a lot about the values I got from playing for the Cubs for so many years. The value I got out of it was patience. A lot of people these days are not very patient.”

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“I don't sell enough books to pay for the lawyers, however. And these various problems finally became too much.”
“If you look at books that describe the 16 personality types, you can see how different they are from each other.”
“Acquiring a dog may be the only opportunity a human ever has to choose a relative.”
“Wax myrtle: The birds love this stuff.”
“... He didn't know how to say good-bye. His throat ached from the strain of holding back his emotions. â€œI don't want to leave you,â€ he said humbly, reaching for her cold, stiff hands. Emma lowered her head, her tears falling freely. â€œI'll never see you again, will I?â€ He shook his head. â€œNot in this lifetime,â€ he said hoarsely. She pulled her hands away and wrapped her arms around his neck. He felt her wet lashes brush his cheek. â€œThen I'll wait a hundred years,â€ she whispered. â€œOr a thousand, if I must. Remember that, Nikki. I'll be waiting for you to come to me.”
“He said you were on the scene when that Laurel Canyon homicide went down.â€ â€œIâ€™m lucky that way,â€ I said. â€œSo are you two square again?â€ I halted, mid-ripping open the cookies, and stared at him. â€œWell, heâ€™s pretty square,â€ I said. â€œIâ€™m just a rectangular guy.â€ With latent triangular tendencies.”

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