"If your lot makes you cry and be wretched, get rid of it and take another; strike out for yourself; don't listen to the shriek of your relations...don't be afraid of public opinion in the shape of the neighbours in the next house, when all the world is before you new and shining, and everything is possible, if you will only be energetic and independent and seize opportunity by the scruff of the neck."

-- Elizabeth von Arnim

#Independent Quotes #Opportunity Quotes #House Quotes

“A state, a community, caring first for all its children, providing amply for their spiritual as for their temporal well-being, has organized the primitive Eden.”
“I think the thing that impressed me the most was the Lunar's sunrises and sunsets. These in particular bring out the stark nature of the terrain. . . . The horizon here is very, very stark, the sky is pitch black and the earth, or the moon rather, excuse me, is quite light, and the contrast between the sky and the moon is a vivid dark line.”
“I realize, for the first time, how very lonely I've been in the arena. How comforting the presence of another human being can be.”
“The money matters. And secret money is corrupting, secret money is dangerous, secret money leads to scandal.”
“The media only wants to get the view of the flaming radicals because they make better copy than those of us who are more sensible. I'm a feminist and I think I've done a lot of good.”
“Usually, the energy in elevators is so awkward; I mean, I cant imagine the politics in the ones in the Conde Nast building.”
“Character is the ability to follow through on a resolution long after the emotion with which it was made has passed.”
“Red flag of the eating disorder: the muffin. Keep your eye on the ladies with the muffins...and sometimes I'll just eat the muffin top.”

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