"Our life is a book that writes itself and whose principal themes sometimes escape us. We are like characters in a novel who do not always understand what the author wants of them."

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Source : Julien Green (1964). “Diary, 1928-1957”, London, Collins

Julien Green

#Book Quotes #Character Quotes #Writing Quotes

“and the question is, which one is really â€œyou,”
“On daughter Apple's accent: She says Mummy instead of Mommy, I don't mind that. I will if she starts saying basil and pasta the English way, as that really drives me nuts.”
“I think that under ordinary circumstances (i.e., neither person is famous), it's already hard enough to make a long-term romantic relationship work, but add fame to the calculus.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“It behooves us to be careful what we worship, for what we are worshipping we are becoming.”
“I'll always be the baby in the family. I'm the youngest sister, but growing up with so many boys, it makes you tough. You get teased. There's no tiptoeing around each other. You say it the way it is; you're honest.”

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“When I first met him [David Beckham] I didn't know whether to shake his hand or lick his face.”
“We are all going to die one day. Everything else, my friend, I am not sure.”

Source : "Camila Alves: On What Inspires Her". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. November 11, 2014.
“Dena had always been a loner. She did not feel connected to anything. Or anybody. She felt as if everybody else had come into the world with a set of instructions about how to live and someone had forgotten to give them to her. She had no clue what she was supposed to feel, so she had spent her life faking at being a human being, with no idea how other people felt. What was it like to really love someone? To really fit in or belong somewhere? She was quick, and a good mimic, so she learned at an early age to give the impression of a normal, happy girl, but inside she had always been lonely.”

Source : Fannie Flagg (1999). “Welcome to the world, baby girl!: a novel”, Vintage

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