"Passion is all very well, but it wouldn't do to spill the tea."

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Source : Helen Simonson (2010). “Major Pettigrew's Last Stand”, p.347, A&C Black

Helen Simonson

#Passion Quotes #Tea Quotes #Wells Quotes

“Losing gets old. It's just been a heck of a month, to be honest with you.”
“Your closest relationships are often the ones that have the most effect on you, but they are frequently the ones most difficult to change. These relationships are complex and have long histories. Lifetime habits of avoiding being really present with each other may exist in many of them. Family members, for instance, might want to support you, but will not necessarily know how to genuinely listen or be present with you in a way that is enlivening. . . . Even with the best intentions, it can be very difficult to get beyond the past and into the Now.”
“Even when the universe made it quite clear to me that I was mistaken in my certainties ... I did not break. The shattering of my sureties did not shatter me.”
“I never bothered about keeping track.Every now and then someone records one of my songs, and I get credit for it.”
“History admires the wise, but elevates the brave.”

Source : Edmund Morris (2011). “Dutch: A Memoir of Ronald Reagan”, p.4, Modern Library
“What better model of a synthesis than a nocturnal dream? Dreams simplify, don't they?”
“Do I think faith will be an important part of being a good president? Yes, I do.”
“Despite my belief that somehow my work would get me where I wanted to be, there was still some kind of fathomless yearning. Yes, my career aspirations were always goading me. But partially, I think I tried to let those dreams replace or become the other yearning, to have that other form of value.”

Source : "'My discoveries weren't any more extensive or alarming than most people's. I just chose to look'". Interview with Antonia Crane, logger.believermag.com. November 5, 2013.

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