"Commas, like nuns, often travel in pairs."

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Source : Mary Norris (2015). “Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen”, p.86, W. W. Norton & Company

Mary Norris

#Pairs Quotes #Nun Quotes

“I'm writing new songs for a Broadway version of Tarzan, which is very interesting. I think what I learned from the Brother Bear score side of things, I've brought into the new Tarzan songs. Thinking outside just guitar, bass, drums and keyboards.”
“Mastering the art of aloneness doesn't mean living in isolation or never needing the love, support, and involvement of others. It means creating and living a life in which you feel whole and content as an individual on your own; a life in which you can take care of yourself emotionally and financially.”

Source : Lauren Mackler (2009). “Solemate”, p.20, Hay House, Inc
“I wish that every baby everywhere could land in a family that wanted that baby as much as we want ours.”
“Self-actualization is what educated existence is all about. For members of the educated class, life is one long graduate school. When they die, God meets them at the gates of heaven, totes up how many fields of self-expression they have mastered, and then hands them a divine diploma and lets them in.”
“What better preparation for a history which seeks to bring societies to life and to understand that life than to have really lived, commanded men, suffered with them and shared their joys.”
“The future can ever promise but one thing and one thing only: surprises.”

Source : Steven Erikson (2009). “House Of Chains: Malazan Book Of The Fallen 4”, p.393, Random House
“Genius must be born, and never can be taught.”
“I don't want to portray myself as a daredevil. I'm not at all.”

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