"And what if I fail?" "Ah! Then you'll have a story to tell."

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Source : Julie Orringer (2010). “The Invisible Bridge”, p.17, Vintage

#What If Quotes #Stories Quotes #Failing Quotes

“My pure love is playing music.”
“Have patience with all things - but first with yourself. Never confuse your mistakes with your value as a human being. You are perfectly valuable, creative, worthwhile person simply because you exist. And no amount of triumphs or tribulations can ever change that.”
“Well, you know, the violence is mostly in Mexico itself, at least the violence that people are worried about. And so we want to make sure that violence does not spill over into our communities that are along the border.”
“To destroy a standing crop goes against the soundest instincts of human nature.”
“Im just a lipgloss, blush and mascara kind of girl. I like playing with a bright lipstick or a heavy eye... But not together!”
“If we are to say that religion cannot be concerned with politics then we are really saying that there is a substantial part of human life in which God's writ does not run. If it is not God's, then whose is it? Who is in charge if not the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”
“A snowball is simple, direct and familiar to most of us. I use this simplicity as a container for feelings and ideas that function on many levels.”
“Married people do stand up so for each other when you say a word, however they may fight between themselves.”

Source : Margaret Oliphant (2015). “Delphi Works of Margaret Oliphant with Complete Stories of the Seen and Unseen”, p.1529, Delphi Classics

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