"So this is where the years of maturity deliver us - to this needy, selfish, unwieldy wish to be somebody else's first and primal other."

-- Carol Shields

#Selfish Quotes #Maturity Quotes #Years Quotes

“That first writing session, what Dan Hill calls a creative blind date, is always a real challenge, and you bring that back to your partner when you return to writing with them.”

Source : "Q&A: Mann & Weil on surving as songwriters". Interview with Steve Sailer, www.upi.com. July 25, 2002.
“Whoever wants the "I" to yield up its mysterious and tremendous secret must stop it from looking perpetually in the mirror, must stop the little ego's fascination with its own image.”
“Too dear I prized a fair enchanting face: beauty unchaste is beauty in disgrace.”
“The question is not "To be or not to be," it is what we should be until we are not.”
“We must be free inside to make a difference outside.”

Source : Vishal Mangalwadi (2012). “The Book that Made Your World: How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization”, p.48, Thomas Nelson Inc
“Improving some of the rules under which the Senate functions can begin to replace some of the bad habits Washington has developed with better ones.”
“How can we not create a fantasy in our minds when the reality is so hard?”
“The mind that is full of God is empty of anxiety. Are you troubled, restless, sleepless? Then think of God more!”

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