"How unjust life is, to make physical charm so immediately apparent or absent, when one can get away with vices untold for ever."

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Source : Margaret Drabble (2013). “A Summer Bird-Cage”, p.16, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Margaret Drabble

#Vices Quotes #Unjust Quotes #Life Is Quotes

“How we fall into grace. You can't work or earn your way into it. You just fall. It lies below, it lies beyond. It comes to you, unbidden.”

Source : Rick Bass (2001). “Colter: The True Story of the Best Dog I Ever Had”, p.9, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“I'm a black man in the United States of America, so I always feel like there's a target on me.”
“But now isnâ€™t simply now. Now is also a cold reminder: one whole day later than yesterday, one year later than last year. Every now is labeled with its date, rendering all past nows obsolete, until â€” later of sooner â€” perhaps â€” no, not perhaps â€” quite certainly: it will come.”
“Spring is the usual period for house-cleaning and removing the dust and dirt which, notwithstanding all precautions, will accumulate during the winter months from dust, smoke, gas, etc.”
“I'm not always the favourite to win, but I still enjoy it. The main thing is that I've planned for it and even if the result isn't great, I know I've done the best I can do. It's being true to, and believing in, yourself.”

Source : Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“It is chiefly in New York that I feel induced to urge this, because New York is, by innumerable ties, connected with Europe - more connected than several parts of Europe itself.”
“That exact moment when you're about to realize that this might be a dream is my favorite thing.”

Source : Source: www.mtv.com
“But I don't think the popularity of flying has diminished a bit.”

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