"An ordinary life examined closely reveals itself to be exquisite and complicated and exceptional, somehow managing to be both heroic and plain."

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Source : Susan Orlean (2010). “The Bullfighter Checks Her Make-Up”, p.13, Random House

Susan Orlean

#Ordinary Quotes #Heroic Quotes #Complicated Quotes

“It's just that...I just think that some things are meant to be broken. Imperfect. Chaotic. It's the universe's way of providing contrast, you know? There have to be a few holes in the road. It's how life is.”
“[T]here's a genuine disconnect between the anti-choice movement and people who identify as 'pro-life' but aren't in the movement. ...[S]aying you're 'pro-life' is more about marking you as a member of a tribe, pledging fealty to your faith or to your identity as a 'conservative,' for a lot of people.”
“Possibly the most important thing you do is actually edit the team.”
“Now I had seen the grief of the two strongest people I knew. And somehow, Daddy's and Edie's crying made them seem even stronger to me. It was better to cry than to suck it up and go around conjuring hate in your heart”
“The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service”
“Tea Party members go to meetings on Medicare scooters.”
“When one is transported by rage, it is best to observe attentively the effects on those who deliver themselves over to the same passion.”
“A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.”

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