"I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way"

-- Lucinda Williams

#Independent Quotes #Ideas Quotes #People Quotes

“And I realized that Iâ€™d tolerated him this long because of self-doubt.”
“You canâ€™t step up to the next level as long as you keep one foot on the lower level.”
“Frankly, our ancestors don't seem much to brag about. I mean, look at the state they left us in, with the wars, the broken planet. Clearly, they didn't care about what would happen to the people who came after them.”
“I've had my run in with trouble. Fortunately, you know, one slap on the hand is usually the last time for me... I learned my lesson.”
“It's a poor bureaucrat who can't stall a good idea until even its sponsor is relieved to see it dead and officially buried.”
“There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance.”
“Scripture brought me to the Gate of Paradise, and the mind stood in wonder as it entered.”
“Inside me is the same desperate hope I have watching the ravenous dead and thinking, Oh please, oh please, oh please. The craving inside of me is to be clutched at by some dead girl. To put my ear to her chest and hear nothing. Even getting munched on by zombies beats the idea that I'm only flesh and blood, skin and bone. Demon or angel or evil spirit, I just need something to show itself. Ghoulie or ghosty or long-legged beastie, I just want my hand held.”

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