"I mean, a new dress doesn't get you anywhere; it's the life you're living in the dress."

-- Diana Vreeland

#Mean Quotes #Dresses Quotes

“Maybe, he said hesitantly, maybe there is a beast. The assembly cried out savagely and Ralph stood up in amazement. You, Simon? You believe in this? I don't know, said Simon. His heartbeats were choking him. [...] Ralph shouted. Hear him! He's got the conch! What I mean is . . . maybe it's only us. Nuts! That was from Piggy, shocked out of decorum.”
“The action most worth watching is not at the center of things, but where edges meet.”
“Your age is the sum total of your physical condition, the condition of your mind, and how you feel.”
“Incredible that liberals aren't more concerned about the monopoly of information in South Dakota.”
“I don't have a single plan for my life more important than learning to love people well.”
“I am like a tree in a forest. Birds come to the tree, they sit on its branches and eat its fruits. To the birds, the fruit may be sweet or sour or whatever. The birds say sweet or they say sour, but from the tree's point of view, this is just the chattering of birds.”
“Oh, you mysterious girls, when you are fifty-two we shall find you out; you must come into the open then. If the mouth has fallen sourly yours the blame: all the meanness your youth concealed have been gathering in your face. But the pretty thoughts and sweet ways and dear, forgotten kindnesses linger there also, to bloom in your twilight like evening primroses.”
“No matter what race we are, what ethnic background, sexual orientation, or what views we may have, we are all human. Unfortunately, not all humans see it that way.”

Source : The Freedom Writers, Erin Gruwell (2007). “The Freedom Writers Diary (Movie Tie-in Edition): How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them”, p.46, Broadway Books

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