"I don't think you're happier if you're thin or beautiful or rich or married. You have to make your own happiness. My heroines do not become beautiful elegant swans, they become confident ducks and get on with life."

-- Maeve Binchy

#Beautiful Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Swans Quotes

“I know how ridiculous this sounds because of the job I do but I don't believe in romanticism and make-believe.”
“Never, ever ask a former clergyman to say the blessing over a holiday dinner. Not if you like your dinner warm, anyway.”

Source : "Blue Christmas". Book by Mary Kay Andrews, 2006.
“I had done all that I could, and no Man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.”
“The state of our educational system is a disgrace to our country. We have an elementary and secondary school system in which close to half of the youngsters never graduate properly. It's a disgrace that there is more illiteracy today than there was 100 years ago.”
“By acting compassionately, by helping to restore justice and to encourage peace, we are acknowledging that we are all part of one another.”
“When I'm on stage I feel at home”
“Flattery is praise without foundation.”

Source : Eliza Leslie (1853). “The Behaviour Book: A Manual for Ladies”, p.247
“No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.”

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