"It's and old, old story: I had a friend and we shared everything, and then she died and so we shared that, too."

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Source : Gail Caldwell (2010). “Let's Take the Long Way Home: A Memoir of Friendship”, p.3, Random House

Gail Caldwell

#Stories Quotes

“Only in the last moment in history has the delusion arisen that people can flourish apart from the rest of the living world.”
“It is by overcoming obstacles that man develops those qualities he needs.”
“"Failure" isn't a word I really use.”
“Angels in America' - which is composed of two three-hour plays, 'Millennium Approaches' and 'Perestroika' - proved to be a watershed drama, the most lyrical and ambitious augury of an era since Tennessee Williams's 'The Glass Menagerie.”
“I used to go and flatten my nose against that window and absorb all I could of his art. It changed my life. I saw art then as I wanted to see it.”

Source : Forbes Watson, Mary Cassatt (1932). “Mary Cassatt”
“Every path serves a purpose.”
“I am fortunate in that I am motivated to do what I do by just a really goofy desire to do it. Maybe I have demons that are hidden away someplace, and I'll discover mine someday.”
“There is no strong beer, just weak men”

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