"It feels a long way up and down from zero."

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May Sarton

#Zero Quotes #Long Quotes #Way Quotes

“A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.”
“I said I'm the president of Iraq... I did not say deposed.”
“If I couldn't read, I couldn't live.”
“An idea might spark an essay, but never a story.”

Source : "A Long Time Coming". Interview with Rob Hart, chuckpalahniuk.net. August 27, 2008.
“Some people are so busy in learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade.”
“Eventually we realize that not knowing what to do is just as real and just as useful as knowing what to do. Not knowing stops us from taking false directions. Not knowing what to do, we start to pay real attention. Just as people lost in the wilderness, on a cliff face or in a blizzard pay attention with a kind of acuity that they would not have if they thought they knew where they were. Why? Because for those who are really lost, their life depends on paying real attention. If you think you know where you are, you stop looking.”
“She [Susanna] realized she was still hugging the wall. Pride propelled her two steps forward. As she advanced, something bleated at her, as though chastising her for trespassing. She stopped midstep and peered at it. "Did you know there's a lamb in here?" "Never mind it. That's dinner." She gave it a smile and a friendly pat. "Hullo, Dinner. Aren't you a sweet thing." "It's not his name, it's his...function.”
“Wounds turn into scars and scars make you tough.”

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