"I don't understand how people learn to live in the world if they haven't had siblings. Everything I learned about negotiation, territoriality, coexistence, dislike, inbred differences and love despite knowledge I learned from my four younger siblings ..."

-- Anna Quindlen

#Sibling Quotes #Differences Quotes #People Quotes

“All my games were political games; I was, like Joan of Arc, perpetually being burned at the stake.”
“I can have peace of mind only when I forgive rather than judge.”
“Oh, I was brought up in the north of France, and I had a very enjoyable childhood with my family working as entrepreneur.”

Source : "Chairman of LVMH, Bernard Arnault". "Talk Asia" with Lorraine Hahn, www.cnn.com. February 12, 2005.
“In real life, there are names that surprise us because they don't seem to suit the person at all.”
“So often the monsters that crowd our minds are nothing more than the strange and thoroughly alien progeny of our own fearful fantasies.”

Source : Rick Yancey (2010). “The Monstrumologist: The Terror Beneath”, p.94, Simon and Schuster
“Forgiveness is not an occasional act. It is a permanent attitude. That which I was not but could have been. That which I would have done but did not do. Can I find the fortitude to remember in truth,to understand, to submit, to forgive and to be free to move on in time?”
“All agreed that Quickset was the cleverest cat in the world. And, since Quickset had the same opinion, it was surely true.”
“With short hair you have to get a haircut every two or three weeks. And if you're coloring your hair, you have to color it that often. Every time I did it, I felt fraudulent.”

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