"...that was the first thing I had to learn about her, and maybe the hardest I've ever learned about anything - that she is her own, and what she gives me is of her choosing, and the more precious because of it. Sometimes a butterfly will come to sit in your open palm, but if you close your hand, one way or the other, it - and its choice to be there - are gone."

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Source : Barbara Hambly (1999). “Winterlands”, Del Rey

Barbara Hambly

#Butterfly Quotes #Hands Quotes #Giving Quotes

“In my mind, the re-election of Richard Nixon, compared with what was available on the other side, was so much more important that I put it in just that context.”
“There's an unseen force which lets birds know when you've just washed your car.”

Source : Frank Muir, Denis Norden (1984). “The utterly ultimate 'My word!' collection”, Methuen Pub Ltd
“Many years before when I had serious back pain from a sports injury, the surgeons said they would explore my spine and "figure it out." Out of frustration I had impulsively opted for the procedure. They ended up fusing the vertebrae. It left me debilitated. In hindsight, I blamed myself more than the surgeons. I had pressed them for a solution when in fact none was apparent because the cause of the pain was obscure.”
“There is grim irony in speaking of the freedom of contract of those who, because of their economic necessities, give their service for less than is needful to keep body and soul together.”

Source : Morehead v. N.Y. ex rel. Tipaldo, 298 U.S. 587, (632), 1936.
“By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you've achieved - and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses - you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.”
“Where visionaries can be good at persuasion, CEOs are good at wielding authority. Visionaries transcend organizations, resources, and current realities, while CEOs master them.”

Source : "The Visionary Thing". www.wired.com. November 01, 1999.
“The cult of happiness turns into a huge concern which to my opinion is exactly contrary to what happiness should be: a paradise of enchantment.”

Source : Source: www.mantlethought.org
“We are living longer, and we need to live better.”

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