"If I can't have too many truffles, I'll do without truffles."

-- Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

#Women Quotes #Memorable Quotes #Truffles Quotes

“Everything takes more time than you thought, everything costs more money than you thought, and almost everything turns out not quite as cool as you expected.”
“We must follow the old authorities and precedents in criminal matters.”
“I think that writing and publishing are different. I think I will always write; I might not always publish. The idea of not publishing is wonderful!”

Source : "Why Don't You Like Me? writers Tamara Faith Berger and Kate Zambreno in conversation". Interview With Tamara Faith Berger, logger.believermag.com. November 1, 2012.
“I think having a good life prompts it... anybody who has a good life and looks around them sees the enormous disparity that exists in the world between those people who do and those that don't. I can't say we walk about our guilt a lot, though. If we do, it probably comes out in the form of self-loathing jokes. But it's a tough thing to wrap your head around... the have's and have not's in the world.”
“The ultimate check against government tyranny is an informed electorate who will elect people who believe in limited government. I don't want to embrace the idea we want people to take to the streets with guns. I want people to go to the voting booth and check an out of control government by electing conservatives.”
“Painting isn't just pretty or pleasant; it is something that helps you to stand alone and face yourself.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must overcome in order to survive, and partly because of our own innate desire to always do better, to overcome new challenges, to self-actualize. Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to want to go on to the next endeavor.”
“You see, insanity runs in my family. It practically gallops.”

Source : Arsenic and Old Lace act 2 (1941)

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