"It is always hard to believe that the will to change something does not produce an immediate change."

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Source : Janet Frame, Carole Ferrier (1995). “The Janet Frame reader”, Womens Pr Ltd

Janet Frame

#Believe Quotes #Desire Quotes #Doe Quotes

“In my contact with people, I find that, as a rule, it is only the little, narrow people who live for themselves, who never read good books, who do not travel, who never open up their souls in a way to permit them to come into contact with other souls â€“ with the great outside world.”
“To charge Snowden with espionage is a severe form of political persecution.”

Source : "Ecuador or Another Country Should Grant Asylum to Snowden, CEPR Co-Director Says". cepr.net. June 23, 2013.
“Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.”
“When the audience isn't laughing, that doesn't mean that they're not fascinated.”
“He who gives while he lives, gets to know where it goes.”
“A book is a most delightful companion. It gives, and does not take.”
“All bibles are man-made.”
“But if Maggie had been that young lady, you would probably have known nothing about her: her life would have had so few vicissitudes that it could hardly have been written; for the happiest women, like the happiest nations, have no history.”

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