"If there is such a thing as a universal--and I wasn't ready to throw all of mine out the window--it's that there is power in a story. And if someone pays you such a kindness as to make up a tale so you'll enjoy a gingersnap, you go along with that story and enjoy every last bite."

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Source : Clare Vanderpool (2010). “Moon Over Manifest”, p.144, Delacorte Books for Young Readers

Clare Vanderpool

#Kindness Quotes #Stories Quotes #Pay Quotes

“I would rather lie on a sofa than sweep beneath it.”

Source : Shirley Conran (1978). “Superwoman”, Outlet
“It's June in January Because I'm in love It always is spring in my heart with you in my arms.”
“Success, recognition, and conformity are the bywords of the modern world where everyone seems to crave the anesthetizing security of being identified with the majority.”
“Some of the substance of English words, I just don't understand at all because the culture's so strange to me”

Source : "'Working in Front of the Camera Keeps Me Alive'". TIME Asia interview, www.cnn.com. December 27, 1999.
“My friends have always told me that rock stardom was wasted on me.”
“Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful life is in every way, and that so many things that one goes worrying about are of no importance whatsoever.”
“I did not have any philosophy at all when I wrote the first novel. I was just wanting to capture experiences that I thought would be inspiring for Indians who are trying to break free from the very high-pressured family environments and do their own thing.”

Source : Source: www.edgemagazine.net
“When I shall again write to you, or where I shall be tomorrow, I cannot tell.”

Source : Dolley Madison (1886). “Memoirs and Letters of Dolly Madison: Wife of James Madison, President of the United States”, Boston ; New York, Houghton, Mifflin

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