"Nothing attracts me like a closed door."

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Source : Margaret Bourke-White (2016). “Portrait of Myself”, p.99, Pickle Partners Publishing

Margaret Bourke-White

#Doors Quotes #Closed Doors Quotes

“Now let us sport us while we may; And now, like amorous birds of prey, Rather at once our time devour, Than languish in his slow-chapped power.”
“Writing has been a way of explaining to myself the things I do not understand.”
“We mark some days as fair, some as foul, because we do not see that the character of every day as identical”

Source : Charles Frazier (2007). “Cold Mountain: A Novel”, p.25, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“When you say you love me, it doesn't matter. It goes into my head as just chit-chatter. You may think it's egotistical or just worry-free, But what you say, I take none of it seriously.”
“Some old women and men grow bitter with age; the more their teeth drop out, the more biting they get.”
“Biologically, physiologically, we are not so different from each other; historically, as narratives - we are each of us unique.”
“Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways.”
“A person cannot grow up through happiness. Happiness makes a person shallow. It is only through suffering that we grow up, transform, and come to a better understanding of life.”

Source : Leslie T. Chang (2010). “Factory Girls: Voices from the Heart of Modern China”, p.61, Pan Macmillan

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