"the real killer was when you married the wrong person but had the right children."

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Source : Ann Beattie (2011). “Falling in Place”, p.47, Vintage

Ann Beattie

#Marriage Quotes #Children Quotes #Real Quotes

“It's easy to get on the path of mastery. The real challenge lies in staying on it.”

Source : George Leonard (1991). “Mastery: The Keys to Success and Long-term Fulfillment”, Plume Books
“It's like everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.”

Source : "The Name of the Wind". Book by Patrick Rothfuss, March 27, 2007.
“The longing for a very garish kind of success seems as widespread among writers as among investment bankers.”
“I think we need a 12-step group for non-stop talkers. We're going to call it On and On Anon.”
“Display advertising and the movies, though they may dull the wits, certainly stimulate the eyes.”
“[Some men are shortsighted, so] going to prison or going to hell just doesn't matter to these men.”
“As I very much liked to draw and paint as a child, I entered a special art program in high school, which was very much like being in an art school imbedded in a regular high school curriculum.”
“When we think of work, we think of work as an act of service. We think of it as an act of love for humanity.”

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