"The rationalist mind has always had its doubts about Venice. The watery city receives a dry inspection, as though it were a myth for the credulous- poets and honeymooners."

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Mary McCarthy

#Cities Quotes #Venice Quotes #Doubt Quotes

“When we fall utterly, something gathers us up. But our falling must be without reservation, without expectation, without hope, though not hopeless. You cant plan that kind of falling. When you abandon yourself utterly to life, the river will flow, and the log jam will free. Impossible is another word for grace. Who wouldve thought it, life takes another turn, and you are gathered up into a whole different way of seeing and being.”
“If people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up.”
“Money is like manure; it’s not worth a thing unless it’s spread around.”
“Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.”
“There are things God does for me daily, and it throws me into brain lock, because I know in my heart I don't deserve that kind of grace. I don't deserve that break.”
“Well, The Dirty Dozen was like a vacation.”
“[D-Day] means to me a beginning of the freedom of Europe. The freedom was the achievement of the military adversaries of the Germans.”
“Nigeria is one of the best-kept secrets,”

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