"The majority of human beings do not turn to God because they have not enough happiness but because happiness is not enough."

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Source : Sheila Kaye-Smith (1937). “Three Ways Home”

Sheila Kaye-Smith

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“The purpose of life is not to do what we want but what needs to be done.”
“Tell me what game Steph Landry and I used to play in the big dirt pile they made while they were digging my familyâ€™s pool, back when we were both seven, or Iâ€™ll know youâ€™re an alien replacement and youâ€™ve got the real Steph up in your mother ship!â€ I glared at him. â€œG.I. Joe meets Spelunker Barbie,â€ I said. â€œAnd stop being so ridiculous. We have to go. Weâ€™re going to end up at a bad table for lunch.”
“Jewish Christmas' - that's what my gentile friends called Chanukah when I was growing up in Michigan in the thirties and forties. Anachronistic, yes, but they had a point. Observing the dietary laws of separating milk and meat dishes was far easier for the handful of Jewish families in our little town than getting through December without mixing the two holidays.”

Source : Faye Moskowitz (2011). “And the Bridge Is Love”, p.33, The Feminist Press at CUNY
“I was born full grown in the middle of a hurricane and an earthquake on 10 September 1954, 12.52 P.M. When I found out that I had missed lunch, I gave such a shout that the Earth stopped and spun backwards two days. That's why I celebrate my birthday on 8 September.”
“I believe you've got to make the best out of this life. You don't know how long you're going to be around, so you might as well try and do all the things you want to do.”
“I've written 17 novels, and I've found out that fiction can't keep up with real life.”
“Do you believe you're a starter or a benchwarmer? Do you believe you're an all-star or an also- ran? If the answers to these questions are the latter, your play on the field will reflect it. But when you've learned to shut off outside influences and believe in yourself, there's no telling how good a player you can be.”

Source : Rod Carew (1986). “Rod Carew's Art and Science of Hitting”, Viking Press
“I don't date rock 'n' rollers. I just marry them.”

Source : "Heather Locklear: What I've Learned". Interview with Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. January 29, 2007.

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