"Marriage seemed like such a small space whenever I was in it. I liked the getting married. Courtship has a plotline. But there's no plot to being married. Just the same things over and over again. Same fights, same friends, same things you do on a Saturday. The repetition would start to get to me."

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Source : Karen Joy Fowler (2005). “The Jane Austen Book Club”, p.193, Penguin

Karen Joy Fowler

#Fighting Quotes #Space Quotes #Plot Quotes

“I don't intend to stop showing a little cleavage. Nor do I intend to stop flashing a little thigh.”
“For Attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run their fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed. Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself and the other for helping others.”

Source : Sam Levenson (1974). “IN ONE ERA AND OUT THE OTHER”
“Next to trying and winning, the best thing is trying and failing.”
“Becoming an entrepreneur was the furthest thing from my mind. I actually had an identity crisis when I realized I had become one.”
“If, when you wake up in the morning, you can think of nothing but writing . . . then you are a writer.”
“I never think that anything I do is courageous.”

Source : "Howard Hodgkin: the later, greater Hodgkin". Interview with Karen Wright, www.telegraph.co.uk. April 5, 2008.
“Are Iraqis ready to carry the responsibility for their country? Is Iraq ready to be its own master? We want to be the masters of ourselves and to carry our responsibilities in this region.”
“Rock 'n' roll is just entertainment, and the kids who like to identify their youthful high spirits with a solid beat are thus possibly avoiding other pursuits that could be harmful to them.”

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