"The more I did it-the more it owned me. It made things matter. It put a spine into my spineless life and that spine spread, into backbone, ribs, collarbone, neck held high. It was something. Don't say it wasn't."

-- Megan Abbott

#Empowerment Quotes #Matter Quotes #Necks Quotes

“One half of me is a hopeless romantic. The other half is well... just realistic.”
“If you examine your life well, you will find many instances when God showed His unmistakable mercy to you. Trouble was brewing, but it passed you by for some reason. God delivered you. Acknowledge these and thank God, Who loves you.”
“Sometimes you succeed.... and other times you learn.”
“A fever is an expression of inner rage.”
“I did something that challenged the banking world. Conventional banks look for the rich; we look for the absolutely poor. All people are entrepreneurs, but many don't have the opportunity to find that out.”
“Also, if you watch the film once, there are lots of things that you won't get because there are punch lines in the first act, the setup to which isn't until the second act.”
“Boston has carried the practice of hypocrisy to the n-th degree of refinement, grace, and failure.”
“What I endeavor to do is shine a light on what happens at the court, both as a law clerk and then as a litigator litigating and winning major cases in front of the Supreme Court over and over and over again.”

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