"Life is an extravagant gown, riddled with lice."

-- Eileen Chang

#Gowns Quotes #Lice Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“We travel to open our hearts and eyes and learn more about the world than our newspapers will accommodate.”
“I think having a daughter is just terrifying. Women in the world get the short end of the stick all the time in many, many ways, and so it's just terrifying to be like, "Well, this is the world we chose to bring you into. I'm sorry." It's not knowing how to prepare for that.”

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“A true university can never rest upon the will of one man. A true university always rests upon the wills of many divergent-minded old men, who refuse to be disturbed, but who growl in their kennels.”
“The past has been there all along, reminding us: This time--maybe, hopefully, against all odds, we will get it right.”

Source : Leslie T. Chang (2010). “Factory Girls: Voices from the Heart of Modern China”, p.260, Pan Macmillan
“I'm a control freak with regards to certain aspects. I think you just have to be when you're making stuff in the world. You have to have a clear idea what you want.”

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“A person with normal eyesight would have nothing to know in the way of 'Impressionism' unless he were in a blinding light or in the dusk or dark.”
“When people say no to me, I say, "Don't say no to me. There is a waywe can work this out."”
“It doesn't take any more energy to create a big dream than it does to create a little one.”

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