"You know the mind is an astonishing, long-living, erotic thing."

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Source : Grace Paley (2014). “The Collected Stories”, p.205, Macmillan

Grace Paley

#Long Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Wow, girlfriend, you're incompatible with life! And here I thought I was just incompatible with pink.”

Source : MaryJanice Davidson (2004). “Undead and Unwed: A Queen Betsy Novel”, p.105, Penguin
“Qigong is the art and science of refining and cultivating internal energy.”
“There is a tendency by a lot of officials to hide behind the king. And it's about time that officials take their responsibility and are responsible in front of the people.”
“I love you. Okay? Want it louder? I LOVE YOU. Spell it out, should I? I ell-oh-vee-ee why-oh-you. Want it backward? You love I.”
“It may sound lame, but I've been journaling since I was in third grade. I love it! It makes me feel calm and happy.”
“It don't make much difference what you study, so long as you don't like it.”
“We're like Magic 8-Balls. After you ask your question and shake the 8-Ball, you read the answer in the little window. If you ever broke open a Magic 8-Ball with a hammer, you discovered that it contained a many-sided plastic object, with an answer on every facet, floating in a cylinder of murky blue fluid. The many-sided core held the answer to your question. My theory is that, as with our children, as with every surface of that geodesic dome inside the 8-Ball, every age we've ever been is who we are.”
“As a person of color, I know race can't be stripped from admiration or preference.”

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