"She had always been an unashamed reader of novels ..."

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Source : Barbara Pym (2015). “Quartet in Autumn: Picador Classic”, p.8, Pan Macmillan

Barbara Pym

#Novel Quotes #Reader Quotes

“At its heart, the quest that trans people are on is to have the same thing that straight â€” and gay â€” people have: the ability to wake up in the morning and be ourselves, without permission, without apology. Our lives should not be defined by wigs, or surgery, or which bathroom we use. Our lives should be defined by our identities, and the truth we bear in our hearts.”
“A great city is not to be confounded with a populous one.”
“If a crisis has come to you on any front, surrender your will to Jesus absolutely and irrevocably.”
“Childhood is such a delicate tissue; what they had done this morning could snag somewhere in the little ones, make a dull, small pain that will circle back again and again, and hurt them in small ways for the rest of their lives.”
“You've been provided with a perfect body to house your soul for a few brief moments in eternity. So regardless of its size, shape, color, or any imagined infirmities, you can honor the temple that houses you by eating healthfully, exercising, listening to your body's needs, and treating it with dignity and love.”
“Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am.”
“From the outside, people think it's drug-related. But wherever you come from, people are driven by a sense of belonging. What I say to kids all the time is you don't own streets. We don't own the paving stones we are fighting over. Instead of fighting each other, you should be fighting the government to make this a better place to live.”

Source : "Damilola's dad Richard Taylor and ex-bad boy rapper Ashley Walters face-to-face". Interview with Richard Taylor, www.mirror.co.uk. March 31, 2008.
“Fortunately for me, I don't come from the school where you only measure success by how much money something makes or whether it has a big box-office weekend. I measure it by how much people actually participate in the process.”

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