"Good girls like myself need subversion. Being solemn, I aspire to comedy. Being a novelist, I aspire to the musical. Being organized, I aspire to luminous chaos. Loving the power of grammar and the fine distinctions of language, I seek the part of the mind I didn't know was there, the part 'sheer,' 'no-manfathomed,' 'cliffs of fall."

-- Janet Burroway

#Girl Quotes #Fall Quotes #Musical Quotes

“I still feel, as I did when I was six or seven, that books are simply the best way to experience a story.”
“Staying humble has always been really important to me, and always being proud of what you're representing.”

Source : "Gymnast Jordyn Wieber on Staying Focused and Crushing on Justin Bieber". Interview with Caitlin Brown, www.self.com. June 27, 2012.
“October proved a riot a riot to the senses and climaxed those giddy last weeks before Halloween.”
“Love can come when you're already who you are, when you're filled with you. Not when you look to someone else to fill the empty space.”

Source : Deb Caletti (2004). “Honey, Baby, Sweetheart”, p.237, Simon and Schuster
“But to sustain a marriage for 50 years, you have to get real a little bit and find someone who is understanding and who you can grow with. My mom always says, 'Marry the man who loves you a millimeter more'.”
“If you have any idea for a poem, an exact grid of intent, you are on the wrong path, a dead-end alley, at the top of a cliff you haven't even climbed. This is a lesson that can only be learned by trial and error.”
“I don't try Sin. I do. Remember that.”
“Every virtue is a mean between two extremes, each of which is a vice.”

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