"The studied, unquestioning pace of my family irritated me."

-- Emanuel Celler

#Pace Quotes #Irritated Quotes #My Family Quotes

“When I die, I hope they don't cremate me 'cuz I'll burn forever.”
“I don't do drugs. Because my grandmother raised me. I think like an old, black, Southern woman. If I'd have done coke, I'd probably be cooking pancakes.”
“The best advice I've got was - "All you have is the process. All you have is the journey of making something. Once you're done you have absolutely no control on how it's received, or if people like it or hate it, or what is done with it. As long as you enjoy the process, then you'll always be happy." I really feel like that's important advice. Sometimes we get so focused on the results that we miss doing it - we miss the adventure of being in the midst of something because we're looking too far ahead.”
“Tattoos are interesting, but at the same time they are also a mask - you are exhibiting your past life on your body.”
“The more I study men, the more I realize that they are nothing in the world but boys grown too big to be spankable.”

Source : Jean Webster (2016). “Daddy Long-Legs and Dear Enemy: Illustrated”, p.179, Jester House Publishing
“Of course it must, and our scientific men must be criticized boldly. They will not feel comfortable when you and I are through with them.”
“Each suburban wife struggles with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night- she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question-- 'Is this all?”

Source : The Feminine Mystique ch. 1 (1963)
“Shigure: "What's in the camera? Huh? Huh? What is it?" Hatori: "Quiet, you hack.”

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