"Most people's intuitions are drowned out by folk sayings. We have a moment of real feeling or insight, and then we come up with a folk saying that captures the insight in a kind of wash. The intuition may be real and ripe, fresh with possibilities, but the folk saying is guaranteed to be a cliche, stale and self-contained."

-- Anne Lamott

#Real Quotes #Self Quotes #People Quotes

“I shall know you, secrets by the litter you have left and by your bloody footprints.”

Source : Lola Ridge (1920). “Sun-up, and Other Poems”
“If you're so afraid of failure, you will never succeed. You have to take chances.”
“Because these kids get away from their parents, and they binge drink until they are sick. Dozens of them are going to the hospital, and some of them dying. This is a problem, a big problem that needs to be addressed, and we need accurate information.”
“There is no knowing what is in a man's heart.”

Source : Charles Portis (2011). “True Grit”, p.30, A&C Black
“I ain't no veggie, like my flesh to the bone, alive and licking on your ice cream cone.”
“A commencement is a time of joy. It is also a time of melancholy. But then again, so is life.”
“Let authors write for glory and reward. The truth is well paid when she is sung and heard.”
“I certainly supported a woman's right to choose, but to my mind the time to choose was before, not after the fact.”

Source : Ann B. Ross (2003). “Miss Julia Throws a Wedding”, p.92, Penguin

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