"Life is hell, but at least there are prizes. Or so one thought."

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Source : Janet Frame (1963). “The reservoir: stories and sketches”

Janet Frame

#Life Is Quotes #Hell Quotes #Prize Quotes

“Never call a girl fat, even if you're joking.”
“A journey never ends. Only the travellers end.”
“The present inhabitation of Mars be a race superior to ours is very probable.”
“I'm always working. I work wherever I am.”
“When I became convinced that the universe is natural, that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brain, into my soul, into every drop of my blood the sense, the feeling, the joy of freedom. The walls of my prison crumbled and fell. The dungeon was flooded with light and all the bolts and bars and manacles became dust.”
“I've always hated narrative songs. I hate those songs where, basically, it's an unfolding of a story.”
“Sadly, at Ford, General Motors, and Chrysler sales continually trend downward, manufacturing costs rise, and employment declines. As the result of the decrease in the number of cars produced by American manufacturers, membership in the United Auto Workers has dropped from a high of over 1.5 million thirty years ago to less than half a million today.”

Source : Interview with Bob Morris, bobmorris.biz. 2008.
“Culturally, it is commonplace for African women to work.”

Source : "The Promise of Africa’s Women" by Richard Attias, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 7, 2013.

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