"I have arranged my little life."

-- Jean Rhys

#Littles Quotes

“Intellectuals, academics, writers and poets were an important force in the early groups of volunteers. They had the means to get to Spain and were accustomed to travelling, whereas very few workers had left British shores.”
“Generating exciting new ideas burns 325 calories per hour and has no carbs. Banging your head against a wall uses 150 calories an hour. Rambling aimlessly about a point that someone has already made burns only 3 calories per hour.”
“In softball . . . , the softball gods giveth and the softball gods taketh away, but that evens out over the season.”
“What I did, anybody can do.”
“If anyone were to ask me what I want out of life I would say- the opportunity for doing something useful, for in no other way, I am convinced, can true happiness be attained.”
“I contemplated my greed for peace. And I did not seek tranquillity anymore.”
“Success is causing the world around you to aspire to your inspiration.”
“One of the things my service in Iraq did give me was this freedom from fear of failure or any kind of expectations that I had to take a standard path.”

Source : "Guardian first book award 2012 goes to Kevin Powers" by Alison Flood, www.theguardian.com. November 29, 2012.

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