"Every woman is the architect of her own fortune."

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Source : Jessie Burton (2014). “The Miniaturist”, p.148, Pan Macmillan

Jessie Burton

#Architect Quotes #Fortune Quotes

“America is built around this premise that you can do it, and there are an awful lot of people who are unlikely to have done it who did.”
“Basically, what you find out is the limits of your patience and your strength and your capacity to adapt. You find that out in travel and being alone and being tested. So that's a great thing.”
“Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word "collectible" as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success.”

Source : FaceBook post by Fran Lebowitz from May 08, 2010
“The only way you can truly control how you are seen is by being honest all the time.”
“I am a drifter, and as lonely as that can be, it is also remarkably freeing. I will never define myself in terms of anyone else.”
“As a child, all you see is that adults are not playing. Adults are not talking too much. Adults don't want to relate to each other.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“When AIDS was at its most brutal, frightening, my-God-what-are-we-going-to-do era, that was when vampire stories and stories about blood and trust swept the literary world.”

Source : Boston Phoenix Interview with Tamara Wieder, February 11, 2005.
“Every country has violent, hateful, or mentally unstable people. What's different is not every country is awash with easily accessible guns.”

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