"Taking the way that opens, even if it seems hardly more than a footpath, not infrequently leads to the highways of heart's desire, if not to fame and fortune."

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Source : Frances Parkinson Keyes (1972). “All flags flying: reminiscences of Frances Parkinson Keyes”, McGraw-Hill Companies

Frances Parkinson Keyes

#Heart Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #Desire Quotes

“The Jew is neither a newcomer nor an alien in this country or on this continent; his Americanism is as original and ancient as that of any race or people with the exception of the American Indian and other aborigines. He came in the caravels of Columbus, and he knocked at the gates of New Amsterdam only thirty-five years after the Pilgrim Fathers stepped ashore on Plymouth Rock.”

Source : Oscar Solomon Straus (1913). “The American Spirit”
“You can take the girl out of Texas but not the Texas out of the girl and ultimately not the girl out of Texas.”
“There have never been so many civil wars as in the Kingdom of Christ.”
“Sci-fi nerds are respectful, honorable. You can trust them.”
“Every one of us gets through the tough times because somebody is there, standing in the gap to close it for us.”
“Any chance beats no chance.”

Source : James Tiptree, Jr. (2015). “Ten Thousand Light-Years from Home”, p.33, Hachette UK
“Writing from a character is really fun - sometimes you can be more honest through somebody else's perspective.”

Source : "Willy Mason’s Got Gold". Interview with Emma Brown, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 20, 2013.
“I'm pretty active anyway, but I'm also competitive.I used my Fitbit as an example of the innate power of data to turn information into insights and actions.”

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