"To be alive was to be disappointed. You tried and failed and kept on trying, never knowing whether you'd ever get what you wanted. But sometimes we get what we need."

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Source : Joan D. Vinge (2007). “Psion”, p.302, Macmillan

Joan D. Vinge

#Knowing Quotes #Trying Quotes #Needs Quotes

“Leave the caves of being. Come. The mind breathes outside the mind. The time has come to abandon your lodgings. Surrender to the Universal Thought. The Marvelous is at the root of the mind.”
“The heart outstrips the clumsy senses, and sees - perhaps for an instant, perhaps for long periods of bliss - an undistorted and more veritable world.”
“I love being funny and talking with fellas.”

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“I have personally been affected by women's reproductive health issues, and I will continue to support that cause and spread awareness about it.”

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“I kind of did this thing in high school, a spoof of 'Sweeney Todd' called 'Shirley Todd,' and I had a great time doing that.”
“What's often in your heart is the hardest to reach.”
“I love being in my garden. I don't plant a lot of exotic flora, but I do spend a lot of time outside doing manual labour.”
“It's important for us to become aware of the fact that we are needful, for with that awareness also comes the sensing that we couldn't be needful if there weren't something to fulfill the need.”

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