"My mother had a slender, small body, but a large heart-a heart so large that everybody's joys found welcome in it, and hospitable accommodation."

-- Mark Twain

#Mom Quotes #Mother Quotes #Heart Quotes

“Hereâ€™s a bumper sticker Iâ€™d like to see: â€œWe are the proud parents of a child whoâ€™s self-esteem is sufficient that he doesnâ€™t need us promoting his minor scholastic achievements on the back of our car.”
“French was the only language we had in common, and even that was like a dialect we had picked up at a rummage sale, rusty and missing a lot of essential parts.”
“When I went to the University of Iowa in order to be a writer, I thought, This is the worst way to learn how to write. To sit in a room with a bunch of would-be writers, who want to write the Great American Novel, every one of them, and you read their stories and they read yours, and you're not living a life. I don't like that. I like learning on the job. The character of my work has definitely evolved from the character of my life.”

Source : Interview with Jonathan Goldstein, believermag.com. March 1, 2013.
“If you look at the size of the art world in terms of the money that is being transacted compared to other parts of the 'consciousness industry,' it is minuscule. But if you look at what happens in this small sector, how it rubs off on the rest of it, it is astonishing.”
“Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty.”
“I do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clear about exactly why.”
“If a thing's worth doing at all, it's worth doing well.”

Source : EVELYN WAUGH (1958). “VILE BODIES & BLACK MISCHIEF”
“You go though a period of immense pain when reality meets the dream.”

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