"You get to Alcatraz by being the worst of the worst. Unless you're me. I came here because my mother said I had to."

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Source : Gennifer Choldenko (2013). “Al Capone Does My Shirts”, p.3, Bloomsbury Publishing

Gennifer Choldenko

#Mother Quotes #Alcatraz Quotes #Said Quotes

“Just listen to your body, eat in silence and see what feels good and you will spontaneously choose the foods that are beneficial to you.”
“I love the winning, I can take the losing, but most of all I love to play.”
“You stand exactly in the middle, poised between heaven and earth, a human conductor for the energy that seeks to flow between these two polarities.”

Source : Margot Anand (1995). “The Art of Sexual Magic”, Tarcher
“Smell can conjure up memories for me stronger than any other sense. Especially childhood memories. Perhaps because you were that much shorter and therefore closer to the ground and its smells.”

Source : Lilli Palmer (1975). “Change lobsters, and dance: an autobiography”
“There is something in the act of having tattoos done that I love. It can be quite addictive. I've got a few on my back because my friend is an artist, and a few on my arms. Every time I pass a tattoo parlour, I think, 'Maybe just a tiny one.”
“There is no place more delightful than one's own fireside. Nullus est locus domestica sede jucundior.”
“I think the combination of genius and celebrity, in the case of Bobby Fischer, was a dangerous cocktail.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Contempt is a well-recognized defensive reaction.”

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