"Metamorphosis is the most profound of all acts."

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Catherynne M. Valente

#Profound Quotes #Metamorphosis Quotes

“I am still bullied occasionally. However, none of my current bullies really exist. Theyâ€™re all in my head. Be your own best friend instead of your worst enemy.”
“The car is the cigarette of the future”

Source : "Billionaire cities: who could buy yours?" by Francesca Perry, www.theguardian.com. June 6, 2014.
“But with respect to future debt; would it not be wise and just for that nation to declare in the constitution they are forming that neither the legislature, nor the nation itself can validly contract more debt, than they may pay within their own age, or within the term of 19 years.”
“A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?”
“I was moving among two groups... who had almost ceased to communicate at all, who in intellectual, moral, and psychological climate had so little in common that... one might have crossed the ocean.”
“For every person seeking greatness, there are hundreds more charged with safeguarding mediocrity.Â If you want to be wealthy, stop taking financial advice from broke people.”
“The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.”
“It is of first-class importance that our answer to the Riddle of the Sphinx should be in step with how we conduct our civilisation, and this should in turn be in step with the actual workings of living systems.”

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