"Traits don't change, states of mind do."

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Source : Elizabeth Strout (2008). “Olive Kitteridge: Fiction”, p.33, Random House

Elizabeth Strout

#Mind Quotes #States Quotes

“Football is like life - it requires perseverance, self-denial, hard work, sacrifice, dedication and respect for authority.”
“You had to make an appointment to see her. But it was just a crazy spectacle, people filing past.”
“The difference between religion and morality lies simply in the classical division of things into the divine and the human, if one only interprets this correctly.”
“And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.”
“...she was a level-headed woman who saw the glass as neither half empty nor half full, but rather a glass with something in it and room to pour in more...”

Source : Joanne Fluke (2011). “Apple Turnover Murder Bundle with Key Lime Pie Murder, Cherry Cheesecake Murder, and Lemon Meringue Pie Murder”, p.51, Kensington Books
“If I can tell my story, and help anybody else in the interim, then that's icing on the cake.”
“I am not the center of the universe. And it's a lesson that I keep having to learn; it's my ongoing work, I'd say. And being in a career that is predicated on a degree of self-absorption, that is a tricky thing to negotiate sometimes.”
“In those days he was wiser than he is now; he used to frequently take my advice.”

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