"The small things of life were often so much bigger than the great things . . . the trivial pleasure like cooking, one's home, little poems especially sad ones, solitary walks, funny things seen and overheard."

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Source : Barbara Pym (1982). “Less than angels”, HarperCollins Publishers

Barbara Pym

#Home Quotes #Funny Things Quotes #Cooking Quotes

“People tell us the countries that we'll have the most difficulty with are France and Japan. They say, 'Nothing you do in the rest of the world will work for us.' But that's changing. The differences are narrowing.”
“I admire anyone who can come up with something original. But not originality alone, because there can be originality in stupidity, with no musical description of any emotion or any beauty the man has seen, or any kind of life he has lived.”

Source : "What Is A Jazz Composer?". Charles Mingus' liner notes for "Let My Children Hear Music", album composed by Charles Mingus, January/February 1972.
“He put my fingertips to his mouth and kissed them. Licked the trace of blood away. Made them clean. Then I knew the truth I had been denying. He made me clean. Dan made me clean and shining and bright. He made me beautiful, and I did not want to lose him.”
“Up against another human being one's own procedures take on definition”
“Since the birth of our Nation, no other right has been more important than having the ability to vote. Unfortunately, as history has shown, the denial of this right to minorities is a scar on our system of democracy.”
“What kind of influence do you want to have? What kind of effect do you want to have on other people? Never mistake the power of influence.”
“Show me a woman with a subscription to a bridal magazine and I'll show you someone who doesn't even have a boyfriend.”
“I never really paid much attention to music that was going on in the UK. I was always looking towards the States for my inspiration.”

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