"Adolescence is usually typified by an unanswerable combination of innocence and insolence."

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Source : Alice Thomas Ellis (1994). “The Summer House: A Trilogy”, Penguin Group USA

Alice Thomas Ellis

#Innocence Quotes #Combination Quotes #Insolence Quotes

“Losers are winners who quit,...even if you lose...you still win...if you don't quit.”
“Having financial independence does not increase one's chances of independent, artistic creation whatsoever. Our conditioned behavior toward mimicry for the sake of market forces is an amazing syndrome. The watchtowers guide us well.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I write it in a book for children. Children still haven't closed themselves off with fear of the unknown, fear of revolution, or the scramble for security. They are still familiar with the inborn vocabulary of myth”
“We try to solve the problem by rushing through the design process so that enough time is left at the end of the project to uncover the errors that were made because we rushed through the design process”

Source : Glenford J. Myers (1978). “Composite/structured design”, Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
“The greatest king of Israel, King David, the author of the Psalms, sent a man out to die in battle so that he could sleep with his wife.”
“My father was an Episcopalian minister, and I've always been comforted by the power of prayer.”
“By thetest of our faith thehighest standard ofcivilization is the readiness to sacrifice for others.”
“Something you discover as a writer is that actresses who are successful are incredibly smart. For some reason, there's this myth that if you're a beautiful actress, you're not bright, you're a puppet. But it's completely the opposite. These are people with a finely tuned sense of story, and who are also strong and articulate. You have to be, to be a woman holding your own on TV and film sets.”

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