"Sometimes the best things are right in front of you; it just takes some time to see them."

-- Gladys Knight

#Appreciation Quotes #Sometimes Quotes

“I don't have a computer. I don't know anything about that. I don't even know what a website is.”
“Ella's supersonic voice followed her all the way to Bleecker Street and then dissolved amid the noisy profusion of shops, cafes, and restaurants and the crush of people that made the West Village of Manhattan unique in the world. In a single block you could buy fertility statues from Tanzania, rare Amazonian orchids, a pawned brass tuba, Krispy Kreme doughnuts, or the best, most expensive cup of coffee you ever tasted. It was the doughnuts, incidentally, that attracted Gaia.”

Source : Francine Pascal (2001). “Sam”, p.7, Simon and Schuster
“If it were customary to send daughters to school like sons, and if they were then taught the natural sciences, they would learn as thoroughly and understand the subtleties of all the arts and sciences as well as sons. And by chance there happen to be such women, for, as I touched on before, just as women have more delicate bodies than men, weaker and less able to perform many tasks, so do they have minds that are freer and sharper whenever they apply themselves.”

Source : "The Book of the City of Ladies". Book by Christine de Pizan, transl. by Earl Jeffrey Richards, Part I, ch. 27, p. 63, 1983.
“Desription should be very brief and have an incidental nature.”
“Every small town that I had ever been to had had a caboose.”
“Whether it's 18 years old or 40 years old, we think we know what's going on. But if you're lucky enough to continue the journey, its amazing how we keep learning how much we didn't know.”
“True generosity is an offering; given freely and out of pure love. No strings attached. No expectations. Time and love are the most valuable possession you can share.”

Source : "The 8 Qualities of a Successful Life" by Suze Orman, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 7, 2013.
“Painting a picture is like trying to fight a battle.”

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