"And there isn't any way that one can get rid of the guilt of having a nice body by saying that one can serve society with it, because that would end up with oneself as what? There simply doesn't seem to be any moral place for flesh."

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Source : Margaret Drabble (2013). “A Summer Bird-Cage”, p.77, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Margaret Drabble

#Nice Quotes #Guilt Quotes #Body Quotes

“A new regulation for the publishing industry: "The advance for a book must be larger than the check for the lunch at which it was discussed.”
“All of the Great Teachers throughout the history of our species have merely taught one thing, over & over, in whatever language, at whatever time. All have said, simply: Give up weak attractors for strong attractors.”
“We are all strong-willed, forceful personalities and the President encourages vigorous debate.”
“There is too much theology in the Church now, and too little of the Gospel.”
“Being on stage, it's like, "Ooo-kay, now I remember why all this is going wrong or right!" It's very much my element.”

Source : Interview with Chris Dahlen, pitchfork.com. March 6, 2005.
“There's something really nice about missing the person you're with. To have someone be apart enough to force independence and to also look forward to seeing that person.”
“When I get ready for an event, I always look at myself in the mirror and say, 'I look like a transvestite,' I love it.”

Source : "Sofia Vergara: 'I love looking like a transvestite'" by Jennifer Still, www.digitalspy.com. September 14, 2011.
“The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money.”

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