"I used to be a reasonably careless and adventurous person before I had children; now I am morbidly obsessed by seat-belts and constantly afraid that low-flying aircraft will drop on my children's school."

-- Margaret Drabble

#Children Quotes #School Quotes #Flying Quotes

“I am sick of four walls and a ceiling I have need of the sky, I have business with the grass.”

Source : Richard Hovey (1962). “Dartmouth Lyrics”, Dartmouth College
“One of us had loved the other more perfectly, had watched the other more closely, and one of us listened and the other hadnâ€™t, and one of us held on to the ambition of the one idea far longer than was reasonable, whereas the other, passing a garbage can one night, had casually thrown it away.”

Source : Nicole Krauss (2011). “Great House: A Novel”, p.39, W. W. Norton & Company
“I feel myself becoming the fearless person I have dreamt of being. Have I arrived? No. But I'm constantly evolving and challenging myself to be unafraid to make mistakes.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“My obsession is to make women beautiful. When you create with that in mind, things can't go out of fashion.”
“A heartsong doesn't have to be a song in your heart. It doesn't have to be talking about love and peace. It can just be your message. It can be your feeling. Some people might even call it a conscience, even though that's not really what it is. It's your message, what you feel like you need to do.”
“No one has ever needed me before because Iâ€™ve never let anyone that far in.”
“After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem - which is usually off limits for tourists.”
“Every dogma has its day.”

Source : "Fictional character: The Doctor". "Doctor Who/ Time and the Rani: Part Four", www.imdb.com. 1987.

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