"To Nobody, then, will I write my Journal! since to Nobody can I be wholly unreserved, to Nobody can I reveal every thought, every wish of my heart, with the most unlimited confidence, the most unremitting sincerity, to the end of my life!"

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Source : Frances Burney, Fanny Burney (2015). “Complete Works of Frances Burney (Delphi Classics)”, p.3739, Delphi Classics

Fanny Burney

#Writing Quotes #Heart Quotes #Wish Quotes

“I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. It's hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do.”
“When you fight corruption, it fights back.”

Source : "Nuhu Ribadu, Fighting Corruption in Nigeria". Interview with Steve Inskeep, www.npr.org. April 4, 2007.
“I won't write my autobiography because I never had an affair with Frank Sinatra, and if I had had, I wouldn't tell anyone.”
“There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules.”
“Mental will is a muscle that needs exercise, just like the muscles of the body.”
“I do not like sports, unless you consider treating all humankind with love and respect a sport.”
“If you approach Billy Martin right, he's Okay. I avoid him altogether.”
“To please everybody is impossible; were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody.”

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