"Mom's eyes held yours for a moment. 'I don't like or dislike the kitchen. I cooked because I had to. I had to stay in the kitchen so you could all eat and go to school. How could you only do what you like? There are things you have to do whether you like it or not.' Mom's expression asked, What kind of question is that? And then she murmured, 'If you only do what you like, who's going to do what you don't like?"

-- Shin Kyung-sook

#Mom Quotes #School Quotes #Eye Quotes

“When a company goes bankrupt, you as a company have absolutely no say whatsoever as to what happens.”
“I was pretending, the way I often did, pretending to have a personality. I can't help it, it's what I've always done: The way some women change fashion regularly, I change personalities. What persona feels good, what's coveted, what's au courant? I think most people do this, they just don't admit it, or else they settle on one persona because they are too lazy or stupid to pull a switch.”
“Minnesotans hate zeal. Zeal is right up there on the list of suspicious emotional behaviors like joy and despair. Always err on the side of blandness.”

Source : Tami Hoag (2006). “Prior Bad Acts”, p.221, Bantam
“Beware the Jabberwock, my son The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!”
“I accept my body. I accept how I am and make the best of what I am given.”
“I have found, unfortunately, that if I take on too many projects at one time, there is a higher probability of those projects sucking.”
“I'm a nerd. Total geek. I never went to homecoming or prom or anything.”
“I am not a joiner. Somewhere I once said that people join clubs now for the very reason they once carried them, a need for security. Maybe I'm alone more often than I should be, because I try to find security within myself.”

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