"Moral self-infatuation has its own corruptions, after all. With time, almost every other principle of the magazine acquired an ironic echo, a sort of cackling aftermath."

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Source : Renata Adler (1999). “Gone: The Last Days of the New Yorker”

Renata Adler

#Self Quotes #Echoes Quotes #Ironic Quotes

“People always think Iâ€™m dainty when they meet me, but Iâ€™m really not. Iâ€™m very German â€“ weâ€™re not made out of sugar.”
“I also appreciate the lasting friendships I've made while working with our great sponsors through the years, including Miller Lite, Shell and Dodge.”
“A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century.”
“I noticed that there are no B batteries. I think that's to avoid confusion, cause if there were you wouldn't know if someone was stuttering. 'Yes, hello I'd like some b-batteries.' 'What kind?' 'B-batteries.' 'What kind?' 'B-batteries!' and D-batteries that's hard for foreigners. 'Yes, I would like de batteries.'”
“A student never forgets an encouraging private word, when it is given with sincere respect and admiration.”

Source : William Lyon Phelps (1912). “Teaching in School and College”
“I have published in 'The New Yorker,' 'Holiday,' 'Life,' 'Mademoiselle,' 'American Heritage,' 'Horizon,' 'The Ladies Home Journal,' 'The Kenyon Review,' 'The Sewanee Review,' 'Poetry,' 'Botteghe Oscure,' the 'Atlantic Monthly,' 'Harper's.'”
“When you make a decision and a commitment to do something good for yourself, it is like dropping a pebble in a pond. It has a rippling effect. The firmer the decision, the stronger the frequency and wider the range of things that will be reached.”

Source : Twitter post from Aug 08, 2013
“She was not able to return to the beginning, of course, and remake her life more to her liking, but now she was free to go on with the life she did have.”

Source : Janet Campbell Hale (1987). “The Jailing of Cecelia Capture”, p.201, UNM Press

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