"I'm an urban person who loves living in the country."

-- Dani Shapiro

#Country Quotes #Urban Quotes #Living In The Country Quotes

“Although I'm a Scot, I'd be proud to be called a Scouser.”
“No one has the right to change Paris, the protesters say, and argue that the city is the patrimony of all mankind.”
“People tend to box little girls in. They teach them to sit properly and stand quietly and not attract attention. Sports is one place where girls can be free and enjoy the exhilaration of movement.”
“That's really just the worst part of life really, you get bracketed somewhere and the next thing you know people are saying, 'No. No. That's not the type. Get me so and so.' I'm not a type. I'm an actor.”
“Death anxiety is the mother of all religions, which, in one way or another, attempt to temper the anguish of our finitude.”
“He has not truly lived who has not lived for others, in sympathy and in harmony with his fellows.”
“I guess, really thinking about it, I always assumed when you missed someone , it was tangible...something real you could grab and hold on to, but it's a not-there feeling.”
“It is hard to give up what you know for what you donâ€™t know.”

Source : Gloria Whelan (2009). “Angel on the Square”, p.14, Harper Collins

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