"I do believe that as you write more and age, the arrogance and most of the vanity goes. Or it is a vanity met with vast gratitude, that you were hit by something as you stood in the way of it, that anybody is listening."

-- Barry Hannah

#Gratitude Quotes #Believe Quotes #Writing Quotes

“Well, I aren't like a bird-clapper, forced to make a rattle when the wind blows on me. I can keep my own counsel when there's no good i' speaking.”
“Women are going to form a chain, a greater sisterhood than the world has ever known.”
“Like the one-tenth of our brain that we currently use, I think now that most if not all of us have access to about one-tenth of our possible feelings.”

Source : Sonia Johnson (1991). “The ship that sailed into the living room: sex and intimacy reconsidered”
“It's great to admire other people's fashion choices, but I don't think you should idolise anyone.”
“Sometimes we are only aware of how happy we are when the moment has passed. But now and again, if we are very lucky, we are aware of happiness when it is actually happening.”

Source : Tony Parsons (2001). “Man and Boy: A Novel”, p.248, Simon and Schuster
“Young singers are much better educated musically, much better informed, through discs and videos, than I was.”
“True generosity must benefit both parties. No woman can control her destiny if she doesn't give to herself as much as she gives of herself.”
“Since I was a child I've loved going to the opera, theatre and ballet.”

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