"I grew up in the South Wales valleys, but I think my parents realised from quite an early age that if they hadn't sent me to boarding school I would have probably gone to prison. And it cost them absolutely everything."

-- Thighpaulsandra

#School Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Parent Quotes

“Trivial facts are often the best hints to what is going on.”
“When I was first writing, I used to sit at the piano and play songs - I'd write one or two a night. It was my hobby. At some point, it then became a process that was mainly done within the context of the studio, and writing became part of the recording process.”
“One good thing that comes from living the nomadic life demanded by an expedition is that one sheds the fake skin donned from living too closely among society. For those of us who live for the freedom of such a lifestyle, that skin is dry and itchy and ill fitting. From my observances, that skin is much like a callus caused by the pure irritation of being forced to spend so much time with one's fellow man. Thank God I am spared such nonsense.”

Source : Karen Hawkins (2012). “The Taming of a Scottish Princess”, p.21, Simon and Schuster
“And the truth shall bear witness of itself.”
“Most battles are won before they are ever fought.”
“Reassurance is such a sad, mad thing. Deep inside, everyone knows the truth.”
“If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans, there'd be no work for tinkers' hands”
“The taboo for straight actors playing gay is gone... My mother was squirming a bit in the theater because she comes from a different generation.”

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