"Success can only be measured in terms of distance traveled..."

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Source : Mavis Gallant (2011). “The Cost of Living: Early and Uncollected Stories”, p.90, Bloomsbury Publishing

Mavis Gallant

#Distance Quotes #Aging Quotes #Term Quotes

“I cannot outline. I do not know what the next thing is going to happen in the book until it comes out of my fingers.”
“Being a heart throb would be crazy.”
“Boundaries don't keep other people out, they fence you in.”

Source : "Grey's Anatomy: The First Cut Is the Deepest". www.imdb.com. 2005.
“My trumpeting sounds like a goose farting in the fog.”
“When something doesn't go exactly to plan, money is tight or a business is struggling - see it as a challenge rather than a failure. Look outside the box and try and find a solution - you'll be surprised how many great opportunities and possibilities arise when things look bad. You've just got to open your mind and not be afraid of sticking your neck out!”
“If you can't make it better, you can laugh at it.”

Source : Time Magazine (1984), later quoted in Jonathon Lazear and Wendy Lazear "Meditations for Parents Who Do Too Much" (p. 22), 1993.
“Most of my library consists of books on the Catholic faith: conversion stories, books on saints and Early Church Fathers, Apparitions of Mary, prayer books, Scriptural resource books on Apologetics, Typology, concordances, bible dictionaries, bible encyclopedias and at least 40 bibles - both Catholic and Protestant editions in several different translations.”

Source : Source: www.patheos.com
“Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment.”

Source : "Of The Heart". "Characters", Book by Jean De La Bruyère, www.ourcivilisation.com. 1688.

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