"I couldn't think of anywhere I'd rather be. In the middle."

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Source : Megan McDonald (2011). “The Sisters Club”, p.181, Candlewick Press

Megan McDonald

#Thinking Quotes #Middle Quotes

“Nowadays I'd describe myself as earnest, terribly earnest. I'm the person who wants everybody in the room to feel important and happy.”
“Those who rush are the same ones who lack technique.”
“A lot of my research time is spent daydreaming - telling an imaginary admiring audience of laymen how to understand some difficult scientific idea.”
“During my three years in Vietnam, I certainly heard plenty of last words by dying American footsoldiers. Not one of them, however, had illusions that he had somehow accomplished something worthwhile in the process of making the Supreme Sacrifice.”
“I always try and mix High Street finds into my looks. It really doesn't matter how much something costs, it's the way you wear it! Fashion is about self expression, having fun, and occasionally being a little disposable. I really enjoy lots of stores that are found at local shopping malls. French Connection, Zara, and Topshop always interpret the fashions direct from the catwalk at affordable prices. This playsuit from Hoss Intropia is delicate, super sexy, and has a lingerie feel. I'd throw on a super soft, chunky cardigan and a pair of flat gladiator sandals.”
“The modern composer builds upon the foundation of truth.”
“How thoughtful of God to arrange matters so that, wherever you happen to be born, the local religion always turns out to be the true one.”

Source : Twitter post from May 22, 2014
“Pick up a grain a day and add to your heap. You will soon learn, by happy experience, the power of littles as applied to intellectual processes and gains.”

Source : John Seely Hart (1862). “Mistakes of Educated Men”, p.49

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