"Rome took all the vanity out of me; for after seeing the wonders there, I felt too insignificant to live, and gave up all my foolish hopes in despair."

-- Louisa May Alcott

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“I'm also very hopeful to continue my literary journey into the realm of children's books. To be able to read my kids a children's book that was inspired by them would be everything!”

Source : "Trista Sutter from The Bachelorette: Spreading the Gift of Gratitude". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.
“I made my money the old-fashioned way. I was very nice to a wealthy relative right before he died.”
“You don't really have a story until you discover the moment when the pressures on a character force a sudden, abrupt shift in direction and she falls through the net that has so far held her in place.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“Actually, the only thing I regret is not making more underground films and bringing them with me as historical documents.”
“The only way to enjoy anything in this life is to earn it first.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“The telephone conversation is, by its very nature, reactive, not reflective. Immediacy is its prime virtue. ... The letter, written in absorbed solitude, is an act of faith: it assumes the presence of humanity: world and self are generated from within: loneliness is courted, not feared. To write a letter is to be alone with my thoughts in the conjured presence of another person. I keep myself imaginative company. I occupy the empty room.”
“I was raised a Catholic and when you're raised a Catholic they don't teach you to think for yourself. You're taught not to think too deeply about things.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“So early in my life, I had learned that if you want something, you had better make some noise.”

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