"Actions have consequences... first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions."

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Source : Holly Lisle (1992). “Fire in the Mist”, Baen Books

Holly Lisle

#Firsts Quotes #Action Quotes #Responsible Quotes

“The possession targets a vulnerability in each of its victims and amplifies it. Essentially, it removes the self-control and notions of good that keep us from acting out on our darkest impulses.”
“When I say, "Be my lover", I don't mean, "Let's have an affair." I don't mean "Sleep with me." I don't mean, "Be my secret." I want us to go back down to that root. I want you to be the one who loves me. I want to be the one who loves you.”
“The clothes you wear are a metamorphosis. They change you from the outside in.”
“The tiny cost of failure...is dwarfed by the huge cost of not trying.”
“My grandparents invented joylessness. They were not fun. I've already had more fun with my grandchildren than my grandparents ever had with me.”
“Daydream transports the dreamer outside the immediate world to a world that bears the mark of infinity.”
“The effort of painting from life has cost my models a great deal of physical discomfort, and cost me a great deal of money in model fees... I have wanted to make the camera obsolete... because, in my reading about early 20th century art, I found that the most frequently used argument made in favor of abstraction was that the camera made realist painting obsolete.”
“Better than sweet tea on a veranda. I want to live at Belmont!”

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