"We wear our names heavily. And though we have tried to escape their influence, they have seeped into us, and we find ourselves living their patterns again and again."

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Source : Eleanor Brown (2011). “The Weird Sisters”, p.63, Penguin

Eleanor Brown

#Names Quotes #Patterns Quotes #Influence Quotes

“One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out.”
“The charming shall inherit the Earth.”
“It is sweet to feel by what fine spun threads our affections are drawn together.”
“I think we're always trying to avoid tropes. And I think that "Game of Thrones" has almost made killing people a cliche. For us, it wasn't about that. For six episodes, it's hard to invest in people, and I think when you kill a main character on television it really needs to mean something. So we certainly had talked about that, and I think we managed to juggle the ball to make a gripping, interesting and compelling finale. We feel that we didn't have to go there at this point because we had such few episodes.”
“Overwhelming the majority of European citizens are unhappy with the social deal they get, yes; and that is why they are so angry with their governments. Because they want more, much more! They couldn't care less that their benefits, salaries and other privileges, have been, for decades and centuries 'subsidized' by the plunder of other parts of the planet; that they are paid for by blood.”
“After I finish PO5, I would like to get a dog. I want to be able to spend more time with my pet, and I don't have the time right now.”
“The world needs to listen to the cry of the earth, which is asking for help. If you carry on killing people and you continue to destroy nature and you take out all the oil, the minerals and the wood, our planet will become ill and weâ€™ll all die.”
“It was when I entered the military preparatory school and put on its uniform, that a feeling of strength came to me, as if I had become master of my own destiny.”

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