"I am a grown woman-- mostly-- and I can guzzle champagne with whomever I choose."

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Source : Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows (2009). “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”, p.52, A&C Black

Annie Barrows

#Champagne Quotes #Grown Women Quotes

“For Adam, screwed-up bonding thing or not, Iâ€™d wait forever. â€œReally?â€ he asked in a tone Iâ€™d never heard from him before. Softer. Vulnerable. Adam didnâ€™t do vulnerable. â€œReally what?â€ I asked. â€œDespite the way our bond scares you, despite the way someone in the pack played you, youâ€™d still have me?â€ He'd been listening to my thoughts. This time it didn't bother me. â€œAdam,â€ I told him, â€œIâ€™d walk barefoot over hot coals for you.”
“Perhaps believing in good design is like believing in God, it makes you an optimist.”
“The way you react has been repeated thousands of times, and it has become a routine for you. You are conditioned to be a certain way. And that is the challenge: to change your normal reactions, to change your routine, to take a risk and make different choices.”
“Iâ€™ve learned that if you canâ€™t get it all together to accomplish this thing called peace, you do at least your part in your life, because thatâ€™s where you can truly make an immediate difference.”
“Some people say Im attractive. I say I agree.”
“My work comes from the experience of crowds, injustice, and aggressionâ€¦ I feel an affinity for art when it was made a form of existence, like when shamans worked in the territory between men and unknown powersâ€¦ I try to bewitch the crowd.”
“I've been traveling in Guatemala in the rainforest, and here all these houses are made of sticks. It seems so easy to make one.”
“The love that I got when I finally did start performing again was all that I needed to just get back out there. Just to know that people were out there and they missed me. That made all the difference.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com

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