"To be anorexic...she thought, amounted to wanting to shed yourself of some of the imperfect mosaic of pieces that made you who you were. She could understand that now for, maybe underneath that desquamated self you would locate a new version."

-- Meg Wolitzer

#Self Quotes #Pieces Quotes #Mosaics Quotes

“I'm just saying I'm being myself, and people understand that.”
“Pessimists calculate the odds. Optimists believe they can overcome them.”
“All these questions about do you want to be king? It's not a question of wanting to be, it's something I was born into and it's my duty. . . . Wanting is not the right word. But those stories about me not wanting to be king are all wrong.”
“When the heart is cut or cracked or broken Do not clutch it Let the wound lie open Let the wind from the good old sea blow in to bathe the wound with salt and let it sting. Let a stray dog lick it Let a bird fly in the hole and sing a simple song like a tiny bell and let it ring.”
“It's the best thing going, parenthood.”
“When, at the end of the 1960s, I became interested in the Nazi era, it was a taboo subject in Germany. No one spoke about it anymore, no more in my house than anywhere else.”
“Iâ€™ve grown a lot as a player. I learned a lot, and I just have to keep building on that.”
“No praying, it spoils business.”

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