"It doesn't take long to write things of which you know nothing. When you write of actual things, it takes longer, because you have to live them first."

-- Betty Smith

#Writing Quotes #Long Quotes #Firsts Quotes

“When I first got out of drama school, my original manager tried to get me to change my name because people were having trouble spelling it and saying it.”
“When we become negative and ungrateful, it is important to remember... We have met the enemy; and he is us.”
“People are like birds - from a distance, beautiful: from close up, those sharp beaks, those beady little eyes.”
“Death from sin no power can separate.”
“The higher life begins for us ... when we renounce our own will to bow before a Divine law.”
“There are no rules in fights with girls. Just hurting.”

Source : Suzanne Vega (1999). “The passionate eye: the collected writing of Suzanne Vega”, Avon Books
“When you think the night has seen your mind, That inside your twisted and unkind, Let me stand to show that you are blind. Please put down you hands cause I see you. I'll be you mirror.”
“Brad Pitt is older than Archie Bunker was in the first two seasons of All In The Family.”

Source : Twitter post from Jun 19, 2013

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