"Anything that begins 'I don't know how to tell you this' is never good news."

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Source : Ruth Gordon (1971). “Myself Among Others”

Ruth Gordon

#News Quotes #Conversation Quotes

“I also made two very important discoveries as time went on. In the first place, I discovered that making money was easy. I had been led to believe that money and possessions would insure me a life of happiness and peace of mind. So that was the path I pursued. In the second place, I discovered that making money and spending it foolishly was completely meaningless. I knew that this was not what I was here for, but at that time I didn't know exactly what I was here for.”
“The pressure makes me more intent about each shot. Pressure on the last few holes makes me play better.”
“A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.”
“Christ is God clothed with human nature.”
“I'm pretty illiterate when it comes to comics history.”
“Dry happiness is like dry bread. We eat, but we do not dine. I wish for the superfluous, for the useless, for the extravagant, for the too much, for that which is not good for anything.”
“Birth, like love, is an energy and a process, happening within a relationship. Both unfold with their own timing, with a uniqueness that can never be anticipated, with a power that can never be controlled, but with an exquisite mystery to be appreciated.”

Source : Elizabeth Noble (1983). “Childbirth with Insight”
“I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.”

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