"I only wish to be gone. Therefore, I AM."

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Source : Carol Plum-Ucci (2002). “What Happened to Lani Garver”, p.316, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Carol Plum-Ucci

#Wish Quotes #Gone Quotes

“I think all women in all industries have more obstacles than men.”

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“If you play more than two chords, you're showing off.”
“You arrogant, overpublicized, showy old bat, what are you waiting for? Aren't you the king of all bogeymen? The legend children fear will devour them if they misbehave? Come on Vlad, live up to your reputation! If you can't burn to death one Egyptian vampire chained to a wall how did you ever drive the Turks from Romania?”
“The universe exists under a reign of eternal law, surpassing the imperfect laws of human government. Such orderliness, such domination by law, imply intelligent planning and purpose. Nothing happens of itself. Nowhere, in the age-old experience of man, has continued order been found except as the product of intelligent direction.”
“Leadership is the ability to step outside the culture to start evolutionary change processes that are more adaptive.”
“There's no reality except the one contained within us. That's why so many people live an unreal life. They take images outside them for reality and never allow the world within them to assert itself.”
“Young men's minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.”
“One of the upsides of tourism is that people begin to take themselves a little more seriously (and think their) culture is worth something. So rather than disparaging the local culture, they vitalize it.”

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