"It is always difficult for a woman to be grateful for a form of chivalry that seems to be based on the premise that she is a moron."

-- Alice Duer Miller

#Grateful Quotes #Chivalry Quotes #Form Quotes

“There are surely worse things than being wrong, and being dull and pedantic are surely among them.”
“All things start in California and spread to New Jersey, then to London and then throughout Europe.”
“I am in an altogether new world now. I can think of nothing more wonderful. It is a real touch of all that heaven means.”

Source : Laura Hillenbrand (2010). “Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption”, p.266, Random House
“There is a physics to the world, which non-fiction has a contract to stand in awe of, otherwise it becomes completely self-centered and ego-driven, which is the death of a memoir.”
“Just be prepared for a long and often uncertain journey. The good stuff doesn't come easy.”
“Paris was a museum displaying exactly itself.”
“Americans have a healthy stupidity. That lack of sophistication is a secret superpower,”
“I wasn't always someone who was talented. It was more that I was loud and loved a challenge.”

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