"A happy childhood can't be cured. Mine'll hang around my neck like a rainbow, that's all, instead of a noose."

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Source : Hortense Calisher (1971). “Queenie: a novel”, McNally & Loftin Publishers

Hortense Calisher

#Memories Quotes #Rainbow Quotes #Childhood Quotes

“May you hear the voice of wisdom. Listening, may you act with trust.”
“The crisis you have to worry about most is the one you don't see coming.”
“I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.”
“I wanna be your t-shirt when it's wet, I wanna be your shower when you sweat.”
“The only negative about doing stand-up is that you're on the road by yourself. When you're on the road with comics we just crack each other up every night going, "Can you believe they're paying us to do this? They're crazy."”
“I have consecrated my life to changing matter into spirit with the hope of one day seeing it all. Seeing in its total form, while wearing the mask, from the distance of death. And there, in the eternal destiny, to seek the face I had before the world was made.”
“Truth be told, I'm much more comfortable in a pair of hiking boots or with a rack of climbing gear than in front of a laptop.”
“Perhaps everyone has a story that could break your heart...”

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