"I didn't know adults could be changed. I thought they were finished pieces, baked through and kiln dried."

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Kelly Corrigan

#Adults Quotes #Pieces Quotes #Changed Quotes

“The world of art is not a world of immortality but of metamorphosis.”
“Willie said normal was boring and that I should be grateful that I had a touch of spice. She said no one cared about boring people, and when they died, they were forgotten, like something that slips behind the dresser.”
“Lots and lots of trees together, equals big trees!”
“A Christian is one who points at Christ and says, 'I can't prove a thing, but there's something about his eyes and his voice. There's something about the way he carries his head, his hands, the way he carries his cross-the way he carries me.'”
“Procrastination is, hands down, our favorite form of self-sabotage.”
“A great thing can only be done by a great person; and they do it without effort.”
“The truth about our childhood is stored up in our body, and although we can repress it, we can never alter it. Our intellect can be deceived, our feelings manipulated, and conceptions confused, and our body tricked with medication. But someday our body will present its bill, for it is as incorruptible as a child, who, still whole in spirit, will accept no compromises or excuses, and it will not stop tormenting us until we stop evading the truth.”
“People ask me how I stay thin, and I'm like, 'When you go to the grocery store, buy more bananas than cookies.'”

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