"She did not talk to people as if they were strange hard shells she had to crack open to get inside. She talked as if she were already in the shell. In their very shell."

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Source : Marita Bonner (1987). “Frye Street & environs: the collected works of Marita Bonner”, Beacon Press (MA)

Marita Bonner

#People Quotes #Shells Quotes #Cracks Quotes

“Sometimes parts just come along when it's the perfect time for you to do them.”
“In boxing, you never know who you're going to face in the ring.”
“There may be something universal about idealizing the past, but I think it's taken to an absurd degree in New York, which is what I'm poking fun at. The hole-in-the-wall bars I went to in the 90s that smelled like sewage now enjoy legendary status, as if times were had there that could never be had anywhere else.”
“The almost universal gift everyone can develop is the creation of a pleasant disposition, an even temperament.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You can look at the state of California, which is on a pathway to destruction because they expanded government too much, thinking that there would always be someone to pay for it.”

Source : "Greg Abbott's War". Interview with Jake Silverstein, www.texasmonthly.com. September 2012.
“may you kiss the wind then turn from it certain that it will love your back”
“There's a culture in orphanages that children are eager to escape from, and it's a culture of being reared as a group and not being doted upon by parents. For any child, that's the bottom line. The fact is that a human child wants that mommy or daddy or both.”

Source : Source: www.cnn.com
“The way you think either stands in your way or assists you in achieving your goals.”

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