"Marie Antoinette: The Portrait of an Average Woman was one of those books I read in my mid-twenties that was life-changing. I think I had a very black-and-white view of Marie Antoinette before, but in reading that book, I developed a lot of empathy for her. She was just caught up in history. There was no place for a woman to do anything at that time anyway."

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Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

Elizabeth Peyton

#Book Quotes #Reading Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“Each man carries within him the soul of a poet who died young.”
“Viruses don't just make us sick. They can actually sometimes end up in our genomes.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com
“I've been a river kayaker for a long time and I've done quite a few trips. I like kayaking and I like canoeing. I don't really like being on yachts or sailboats or cruise ships. I don't like anything that's large and not human-powered.”
“A typical master. Right to the end, he didnâ€™t give me a chance to get a word in edgeways. Which is a pity, because at that last moment Iâ€™d have liked to tell him what I thought of him. Mind you, since in that split second we were, to all intents and purposes, one and the same, I rather think he knew anyway.”

Source : Jonathan Stroud (2005). “Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three: Ptolemy's Gate”, Disney-Hyperion
“I'm probably going to have to work hard on my right knee for the rest of my career”

Source : "Vaughan denies being a distraction for the Ashes". www.theguardian.com. December 22, 2006.
“I always felt, if I can get to a library, I'll be OK.”
“I have long understood that losing always comes with the territory when you wander into the gambling business, just as getting crippled for life is an acceptable risk in the linebacker business. They both are extremely violent sports, and pain is part of the bargain. Buy the ticket, take the ride.”
“I'm going where my heart will take me I've got faith to believe I can do anything I've got strength of the soul And no one's gonna bend or break me I can reach any star I've got faith I've got faith Faith of the heart”

Source : Song: Faith of the Heart

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