"A word of advice. If, as a young man, student, you are tormented by a desire for women, it is best to get out into the fresh air as much as possible."

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Source : Penelope Fitzgerald (1997). “The Blue Flower”, p.13, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Penelope Fitzgerald

#Men Quotes #Air Quotes #Advice Quotes

“Why do people resist [engines, bridges, and cities] so? They are symbols and products of the imagination, which is the force that ensures justice and historical momentum in an imperfect world, because without imagination we would not have the wherewithal to challenge certainty, and we could never rise above ourselves.”
“...a metaphor that works in one society may seem preposterous in another.”
“There's a right way and a wrong way to do things. If you make a chair, you want to make a nice chair. You want people to admire it. I think doing something well is a form of respect for humanity in general. I have found that all incompetence comes from not paying attention, which comes from people doing something that they don't want to do. And doing what you don't want to do means either you have no choice, or you don't think that the moments of your life are worth fighting for.”
“The public school system is damned. Let me tell you how radical I am. Christian students should be in Christian schools. If you have to sell your car, live in a smaller house, or work a night job, put your child in Christian schools. If you can't afford it, homeschool.”
“You know, I want to eat junk food. My kids love junk food.”
“Why should i go to his funeral? He ain't comming to mine.”
“I've found that luck is quite predictable.”
“It's not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul.”

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