"There is a vital force in rumor. Though crushed to earth, to all intents and purposes buried, it can rise again without apparent effort."

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Source : Eleanor Robson Belmont (1957). “The Fabric of Memory”

Eleanor Robson Belmont

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“How amazing it is to be alive Anyone who lives and breathes and puts both feet on the ground, What possible reason could he have for envying the gods”
“Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people.”
“I love Baltimore, I want to retire a raven”
“The shortness of life, I keep saying, makes everything seem pointless when I think about the longness of death. When I look ahead, all I can see is my final demise. And they say, But maybe not for seventy or eighty years. And I say, Maybe you, but me, I'm already gone.”
“Engage people with what they expect; it is what they are able to discern and confirms their projections. It settles them into predictable patterns of response, occupying their minds while you wait for the extraordinary moment - that which they cannot anticipate.”
“Whether you're going to a museum or a flea market or flipping through a book, always be on the lookout for something special.”

Source : "Women in Design: Kelly Wearstler". Interview with Mayer Rus, www.elledecor.com. October 18, 2010.
“What’s so bad about addiction? I can’t remember. Isn’t it something about giving up your freedom? Isn’t freedom an illusion?”
“The concept of romantic love affords a means of emotional manipulation which the male is free to exploit, since love is the only circumstance in which the female is (ideologically) pardoned for sexual activity.”

Source : Kate Millett (2016). “Sexual Politics”, p.37, Columbia University Press

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