"The surroundings householders crave are glorified autobiographies."

-- T. H. Robsjohn-Gibbings

#Home Quotes #Surroundings Quotes #Autobiography Quotes

“I strive to live with passion and not to be desensitised to life. Things matter to me. Youâ€™ve got to live like that. Otherwise whatâ€™s the point? Itâ€™s not possible to please everyone and there is no point in trying to be what other people think you should be. For me, itâ€™s important to be who I am, not just to be different but to be as authentic as I can be.”
“I don't know. I just want you with me. I had never said those words aloud. Now that I could taste my freedom I wanted him to share it with me. But he couldn't change his life for me. And I couldn't sacrifice my life to be with him”
“The things I really learned, I learned from watching my parents. They take care of business. Always have.”
“"Sesame Street" was really the first kid's show that my dad did. He did a couple of TV specials that were targeted for kids before "Sesame Street," but really, it was, it's kind of going back to our roots, when we start to get adult. This show gets very adult sometimes, and that's because of the audience.”
“Having a beard is natural. When you think about it, shaving it off is quite weird.”
“I think it is worse to be poor in mind than in purse, to be stunted and belittled in soul, made a coward, made a liar, made mean and slavish, accustomed to fawn and prevaricate, and "manage" by base arts a husband or a father,--I think this is worse than to be kicked with hobnailed shoes.”

Source : Frances Power Cobbe (1882). “The Duties of Women: A Course of Lectures”
“I am larger, better than I thought; I did not know I held so much goodness.”
“If procrastination were a marketable skill, I'd be a real hot commodity.”

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