"The word dropped like a stone on my still living breast. Confess: I was prepared, am somehow ready for the test."

-- Anna Akhmatova

#Stones Quotes #Tests Quotes #Breasts Quotes

“When the work takes over, then the artist is enabled to get out of the way, not to interfere. When the work takes over, then the artist listens.”
“Neutrality is dangerous, whereby thou becomest a necessary prey to the conqueror.”
“Live and let live, believe and let believe. 'Twas said the lesser gods were only traits Of the one awful God. Just so the saints Are God's white light refracted into colors.”
“Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil.”
“The distribution of patronage of the Government is by far the most disagreeable duty of the President.”

Source : James Buchanan (2000). “Mr. Buchanan's Administration: On the Eve of the Rebellion”, p.252, Digital Scanning Inc
“Dream big - dream very big. Work hard - work very hard. And after you've done all you can, you stand, wait and fully surrender.”
“There are thin girls with infertility issues, normal sized girls with infertility issues and overweight girls with infertility issues. Unless your doctor tells you your weight is affecting you in some way... once the doctor rules it out, that's really not it.”
“A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own weight in other people's patience.”

Source : Assorted Prose (1965) "Confessions of a Wild Bore"

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