"When anything gets freed, a zest goes round the world."

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Source : Hortense Calisher (2013). “Herself: An Autobiographical Work”, p.494, Open Road Media

Hortense Calisher

#Helping Others Quotes #Zest Quotes #People Quotes

“In 1977 we played America and Europe three times, and Japan - my marriage suffered as a result. My then wife took the kids to Canada to be near her parents”
“The man who spends all his time looking up to heaven is not always the best; in fact, he is usually the worst.”
“I just hope I don't become so blissful I become boring. I think I'll always be neurotic enough to do something weird.”
“There is so much in the world to hate, why hate yourself?”
“I think in a weird way that the entertainment industry is strangely more brutally honest than any other.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I hadn't a clue who I was racing against. All I knew was how I was going to race.”
“I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings.”
“Every now and then, I strike something that just goes click, you know, in my head. As Gertrude Stein used to say, it rings the bell, and I feel, this is great.”

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