"At our present bad moment, we need above all to recover our sense of literary individuality and of poetic autonomy."

-- Harold Bloom

#Individuality Quotes #Needs Quotes #Poetic Quotes

“Every person who has ever achieved anything has been knocked down many times. But all of them picked themselves up and kept going, and that is what I have always tried to do.”
“If you take advantage of everything that America has to offer, there's nothing you can't accomplish.”
“The world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain.”
“There`s a good sense of fun and lack of sarcasm in the Texans, maybe a little earnestness which is kind of why I found it quite Australian.”
“Growing up, I was constantly reminded to not to air our family's dirty laundry. Part of why domestic violence is allowed to continue is because there is often an unwritten rule in many families of abuse: Don't ask. Don't tell. Keeping quiet does no good. I found that sharing my story liberated me from my past. There is power in storytelling and, in that, healing. Owning my truth also empowered me. I will no longer be manipulated or controlled by guilt or shame.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com
“There are few more frustrating things in life than being told something that you already know but cannot admit to knowing.”

Source : Helen Cresswell (1987). “Ordinary Jack: Being the First Part of the Bagthorpe Saga”, Viking Childrens Books
“The right of election is the very essence of the constitution.”

Source : 'Public Advertiser' 24 April 1769, Letter 11
“A woman's heart always has a burned mark.”

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