"My vigour, vitality, and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from."

-- Nancy Astor

#Running Quotes #Vitality Quotes #Kind Quotes

“It behooves our citizens to be on their guard, to be firm in their principles, and full of confidence in themselves. We are able to preserve our self-government if we will but think so. - Thomas Jefferson Too much of our emphases and struggle has simply been in terms of confrontation and not enough recognition of how much spiritual, moral force is involved in the people who are struggling.”
“You may tell a tale that takes up residence in someone's soul”
“I'm determined to be a diva.”
“Research your own experience. Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, and add what is specifically your own.”
“Don't go where the puck's been; go where it's gonna be”
“I would like to find a stew that will give me heartburn immediately, instead of at three o clock in the morning.”
“The substance of man cannot be measured by Gross National Product.”
“The more you respect and focus on the singular and the strange, the more you become aware of the universal and infinite.”

Source : Gail Godwin, Shannon Ravenel (1985). “The Best American short stories, 1985”, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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