"She is nine, beloved, as open-faced as the sky and as self-contained. I have watched her grow. As recently as three or four years ago, she had a young child's perfectly shallow receptiveness; she fitted into the world of time, it fitted into her, as thoughtlessly as sky fits its edges, or a river its banks. But as she has grown, her smile has widened with a touch of fear and her glance has taken on depth. Now she is aware of some of the losses you incur by being here--the extortionary rent you have to pay as long as you stay."

-- Annie Dillard

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“You should avoid seeing too much of yourself anywhere: in the outside world, in others, in the imagined worlds that give you shelter.”
“I'm talkin' about you. Stop pretending you're normal. You're insane. Make that work for you.”

Source : Jennifer Crusie, Bob Mayer (2008). “Agnes and the Hitman”, p.194, Macmillan
“Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He he glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal.”
“Celebrity is a gift. I'm very lucky.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Casey Anthony was found not guilty. This means that President Obamaâ€™s economic team is only the second-most clueless group in America.”
“Really the one thing that Pierce told me and that I've taken with me is to have fun doing it. As much as we dive into some serious characters and some serious situations and all that, you've got to enjoy it and remember that you're here to make entertainment and to make people have a nice time when they watch the movie. To me that was something I really took away.”
“I was pissin' Vince McMahon off when the red on the back of your neck was diaper rash!”
“If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English.”

Source : Wilfrid Sheed (1990). “Essays in Disguise”, Alfred A. Knopf

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