"Our sanity depends essentially on a narrowness of vision--the ability to select the elements vital to survival, while ignoring the great truths."

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Source : Josephine Hart (1991). “Damage: a novel”, Alfred A. Knopf

Josephine Hart

#Survival Quotes #Vision Quotes #Elements Quotes

“A lot of my songs, they're like puzzle pieces, and there's just one way to put them together. You could, if you needed to, get the scissors out and cut up things to make them work. But I don't want to do that.”
“If a person is not willing to make a mistake, you're never going to do anything right.”
“But faithfulness can feed on suffering, And knows no disappointment.”
“I'd grown up loving English films. I was a huge Monty Python fanatic as a kid.”

Source : "Claws in his contract". Interview with David Eimer, www.theguardian.com. July 14, 2001.
“I feel like I just returned a 100-yard kickoff in the last two minutes of the Super Bowl to win it all, only to have my run called back by a flag on the play.”
“I kept it to remind me that although there is evil, there is sometimes beauty and light. You, Jillian. You were always my light.”
“If you don't like basketball and you're from Kentucky, they'll kick you out!”
“Good girls don't hurt other people's feelings. Good girls are not overly aggressive, competitive, or boastful. Good girls please others. But what good girls are good for is another question.”

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