"It's amazing how we can make ourselves believe what we want to."

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Source : Terry McMillan (2006). “The Interruption of Everything”, p.412, Penguin

Terry McMillan

#Believe Quotes #Want Quotes

“A tree is beautiful, but what's more, it has a right to life; like water, the sun and the stars, it is essential. Life on earth is inconceivable without trees.”
“I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.”
“There once was a brainy baboon, Who always breathed down a bassoon, For he said, It appears That in billions of years I shall certainly hit on a tune.”
“Even Colin Powell who was everywhere before he became secretary of state, just stopped going out. I think part of it was he didn't want to be viewed suspiciously by the other people in the White House who rarely go anywhere.”
“Moving. Someone said this to me a long time ago, it's bhuddist saying, I think: 'There is no wasted effort'.”
“The older I get, the more I see a straight path where I want to go. If you're going to hunt elephants, don't get off the trail for a rabbit.”
“Approach each new problem not with a view of finding what you hope will be there, but to get the truth.”
“There is no doubt that running away on a fresh, blue morning can be exhilarating.”

Source : Jean Rhys (2017). “The Collected Short Stories”, p.120, Penguin UK

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