"Life is like a maze in which you try to avoid the exit."

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Source : Roger Von Oech (2001). “Whack on the Side of the Head”, Mjf Books

Roger von Oech

#Inspirational Quotes #Life Is Like Quotes #Trying Quotes

“We are the first species to have taken our evolution into our own hands.”
“Women are like lionesses at the gate of the home. Whatever happens in that home and family happens because she cares about it and it matters to her. She guards that gate, and things matter to that family if they matter to her.”
“Always stay true to yourself and never let what somebody says distract you from your goals.”

Source : Michelle Obama, Lisa Rogak (2009). “Michelle Obama: In Her Own Words”, p.40, PublicAffairs
“The reason why so few good books are written is, that so few people that can write know anything. In general an author has always lived in a room, has read books, has cultivated science, is acquainted with the style and sentiments of the best authors, but he is out of the way of employing his own eyes and ears. He has nothing to hear and nothing to see. His life is a vacuum.”
“Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and years spent in the factories, the streets, the cathedrals of the imagination.”

Source : Janet Frame (2001). “An Angel at My Table: The Complete Autobiography”, Womens PressLtd
“I am proud to place Tercio Red River into a conservation easement forever protecting this spectacular landscape with Colorado Open Lands.”
“I believe in our side and theirs, with the good and evil decided after the fact, by those who survive. Among men you seldom find the good with one standard and the shadow with another.”
“Do you know why men name their cocks?" "No, why?" she asked, trying to stifle her laughter. "So most of the major decisions in their lives wonâ€™t be made by a total stranger.”

Source : Linda Howard (2009). “Night Moves: Dream Man/After the Night”, p.282, Simon and Schuster

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