"It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves."

-- William Shakespeare

#Love Quotes #Happiness Quotes #Being Yourself Quotes

“In the past, no one paid any serious attention, even to the existing laws that protect animals.”
“He'd met other prodigies in mathematical competitions. In fact he'd been thoroughly trounced by competitors who probably spent literally all day practising maths problems and who'd never read a science-fiction book and who would burn out completely before puberty and never amount to anything in their future lives because they'd just practised known techniques instead of learning to think creatively.”
“New York City has finally hired women to pick up the garbage, which makes sense to me, since, as I've discovered, a good bit of being a woman consists of picking up garbage.”
“Get eight hours of sleep regularly. Keep your weight down, run a mile a day.”
“I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer.”
“There is often as much independence in not being led as in not being driven.”
“One doesnâ€™t become a witch to run around being helpful eitherâ€¦. Itâ€™s to escape all that â€“ to have a life of oneâ€™s own, not an existence doled out to you by others, charitable refuse of their thoughts, so many ounces of stale bread of life a day.”
“The Art Magicke has rules. It means I have to teach you all my tricks. All the substitutions, the replications, the illusions. How to read minds and palms and leaves. How to disappear and reappear. "How to saw people in half?" "That too." "Nice.”

Source : Catherine Fisher (2010). “Sapphique”, p.184, Penguin

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