"Even Colin Powell who was everywhere before he became secretary of state, just stopped going out. I think part of it was he didn't want to be viewed suspiciously by the other people in the White House who rarely go anywhere."

-- Sally Quinn

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“Men-kind shared this world for but a blink, then, sadly, they became enlightened, found science and religion. The new world of men left little room for magic or the magical creatures of old. Earthâ€™s first children were driven into the shadows by flame and cold iron, by manâ€™s insatiable need of conquest.”
“I think that the romantic impulse is in all of us and that sometimes we live it for a short time, but it's not part of a sensible way of living. It's a heroic path and it generally ends dangerously. I treasure it in the sense that I believe it's a path of great courage. It can also be the path of the foolhardy and the compulsive.”
“Barking dogs occasionally bite, but laughing men hardly ever shoot.”
“I thought I would keep the first name Susan and change the last name but I picked up this book and as I opened it the lead character in it was called Morgan Brittany.”
“Radiate boundless love towards the entire world - above, below, and across - unhindered, without ill will, without enmity.”
“I hate the idea that cooking should be a celebration or a party.”

Source : "Cooking Isn’t Creative, and It Isn’t Easy". Interview with Alex Halberstadt, www.nytimes.com. October 11, 2012.
“Seriously, however, I learn a lot about my physical life in the aging and changing of my body.”
“No adultery is bloodless.”

Source : Natalia Ginzburg (2016). “The City and the House: A Novel”, p.98, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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