"And must I, perchance, like careful writers, guard myself against the conclusions of my readers?"

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Djuna Barnes

#Conclusion Quotes #Reader Quotes #Careful Quotes

“It always happens around beach resorts, a certain kind of money gravitates to the scene. The gold goes to the water. People love to wear it, show it off, roll with it. For me, I just find it disgusting.”

Source : Source: www.believermag.com
“Quite frankly, I am not very comfortable in chitchat. When I go to board meetings, I arrive two minutes before and leave when it's over. I don't stay for lunch or go early and have coffee.”
“In my seventies, I exercised to stay ambulatory. In my eighties, I exercise to avoid assisted living.”
“Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment.”
“Mental inertia is death.”

Source : Timothy Thomas Fortune (2008). “T. Thomas Fortune, the Afro-American Agitator: A Collection of Writings, 1880-1928”
“Love delayed is lust augmented.”
“"Do not believe anything merely because you are told it is so, because others believe it, because it comes from Tradition, or because you have imagined it. Do not believe what your teacher tells you merely out of respect. Believe, take for your doctrine, and hold true to that, which, after serious investigation, seems to you to further the welfare of all beings."”
“In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent. I'm not joking.”

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