"If you have enough fantasies, you're ready, in the event that something happens."

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Source : Sheila Ballantyne (1983). “Norma Jean, the termite queen”, Viking Pr

Sheila Ballantyne

#Events Quotes #Fantasy Quotes #Enough Quotes

“What makes the most money for this business? Dead rock stars.”
“I'm a traditional singer-songwriter. I have a more organic sound.”
“I act on impulse and I go with my instincts.”
“The British do not expect happiness. I had the impression, all the time that I lived there, that they do not want to be happy; they want to be right.”
“Nature has a language of its own, or maybe those who have lived long in solitude read in it their own unconscious inner feelings and mysterious foreknowledge.”
“Ruins stood for what was lost, and yet there were beautiful-peaceful, historic, intellectual. Not tragic or regrettable. Lena tried to keep hers that way too, and she succeeded to some extent. Why not celebrate what you had rather than spend your time mourning its passing? There could be joy in things that ended.”
“If you can control your behavior when everything around you is out of control, you can model for your children a valuable lesson in patience andunderstanding...and snatch an opportunity to shape character.”
“Colours are what drive me most strongly.”

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