"The things that one most wants to do are the things that are probably most worth doing."

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Source : Winifred Holtby (1937). “Letters to a friend”

Winifred Holtby

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“As for the topsy-turvy tangle known as soixante-neuf, personally I have always felt it to be madly confusing, like trying to pat your head and rub your stomach at the same time.”
“I think I'm fascinated with history and - just in general. And I'm always interested in how did - how did this come to be? Why is this the way it is? And even singing classical voice, I quickly became more and more interested with early music, baroque voice. And that became an obsession to me - just figuring out how - who are the ancestors of whatever it is.”

Source : "Jazz Singer Cécile McLorin Salvant Doesn't Want To Sound 'Clean And Pretty'". "Fresh Air" with Terry Gross, www.npr.org. November 4, 2015.
“Everything is mediated. Everything is influenced by its maker. And happily, right? I'm so happy everyone leaves fingerprints on things whether they like it or not. Fingerprints solve crimes. They're profound. They're your best and worst friend and you were born with them and you can't get away from them without a lot of pain and sandpaper.”
“I think the Lower East Side inspires me. That whole neighborhood, a lot of the people that I worked with, seeing what we've gone through in life, being given an opportunity to understand who I am; my identity, my culture, and my roots.”
“I have a real low tolerance for parasites, and you're so close to the limit that I'm already reaching for the flea powder.”

Source : Linda Howard (2012). “Shades Of Twilight”, p.222, Simon and Schuster
“The only choice permitted us is either to be servants for $7 a week or to portray them for $700 per week.”
“We tend to see our character flaws as simple defects, and the simple defects of others as character flaws.”
“The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with progress.”

Source : Peter Matthiessen (2000). “The Peter Matthiessen Reader: Nonfiction, 1959-1991”, Vintage

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