"Against the long years when family bonds make up all that is happiest in life, there must always be reckoned those moments of agitation and revolution, during which the bosom of a family is the most unrestful and disturbing place in existence ..."

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Source : Margaret Oliphant (2015). “Delphi Works of Margaret Oliphant with Complete Stories of the Seen and Unseen”, p.2359, Delphi Classics

Margaret Oliphant

#Family Quotes #Years Quotes #Long Quotes

“I am coming back to that which has most affected me. I'm coming back to Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.”

Source : "Stephanie March and Neal Baer Talk Law and Order: Special Victims Unit". Interview with Brian Gallagher, movieweb.com. February 25, 2009.
“But life is a great school. It thrashes and bangs and teaches you.”
“Before I put another notch in my lipstick case, you better make sure you put me in my place.”

Source : Song: Hit Me With With Your Best Shot, Album: Best Shots
“There is an enormous pressure placed on gay novelists because they are the only spokespeople. The novelist's first obligation is to be true to his own vision, not to be some sort of common denominator or public relations man to all gay people.”
“Take advantage of every opportunity; where there is none, make it for yourself.”
“Every beautiful poem is an act of resistance,”
“I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.”
“How can we scramble away like rats, without honor, without dignity, when everyone must help rebuild the country?”

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