"I got a huge knot in my stomach because if Antarctica could talk, it would be saying only one thing: you don't belong here. (277)"

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Maria Semple

#Would Be Quotes #Stomach Quotes #Knots Quotes

“Let us stand a little taller, if you don't, you will never strengthen yourself”
“Rationality went down the drain donkey's years ago and hasn't been seen since.”
“I wish I got a lie-in on Saturday mornings but I never do.”
“Ask yourself this: How much deprivation, how much self-effacement must you suffer through before you act on your desire for meaning and fulfillment? Before itâ€™s your turn to thrive in your life, instead of barely surviving it? Some people live their dreams. Why not you?”
“Health is more than the absence of disease. Health is about jobs and employment, education, the environment, and all of those things that go into making us healthy.”
“Any drug can be used successfully, no matter how bad it's reputation, and any drug can be abused, no matter how accepted it is. There are no good or bad rugs; there are only good and bad relationships with drugs.”
“We must learn to do more with temptation than just bear it - we must learn to use it. The secret of using temptation, and turning it to our advantage, is one of life's greatest secrets. Once we have learned it we are unbeatable and unbreakable.”
“Because I was always a fat child, I got fatter and fatter, and I ended up 18 stone and with a 40-inch waist.”

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