"And without further argument he unsheathed the sword and cleaved Miss Foxe's head from her neck. He knew what was supposed to happen. He knew that this awkward, whispering creature before him should now transform into a princess - dazzlingly beautiful, free, and made wise by her hardship. That is not what happened."

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Source : Helen Oyeyemi (2011). “Mr Fox”, p.67, Pan Macmillan

Helen Oyeyemi

#Beautiful Quotes #Wise Quotes #Princess Quotes

“I ain't saying you're a liar, because that wouldn't be polite. But I'll tell you this, ma'am. If I loved liars, I'd hug you to death.”

Source : Jim Thompson (2010). “POP. 1280”, p.9, Hachette UK
“The key is to be true to your community's norms and values. You can't just force yourself on people and try to sell them something they don't want - that's good advice for marketers generally, but particularly on community-driven sites like MySpace. You have to find ways to add value to your members' lives while being consistent with your brand's identity.”
“You cant not be changed by the experience of seeing extreme poverty. You start to want to think about ways in which you can make the world better.”
“What are the lessons to be learned from this journey of the mind through the universe? That humans are emotionally fragile, perennially gullible, hopelessly ignorant masters of an insignificantly small speck in the cosmos. Have a nice day.”
“You're talking to investors - and investors, they look at you and they realize, you know, not every business they invest in are the founders or the people running it going to have every bit of skill - and I think they looked at me and realized, OK, this is a guy who's got a lot - I'm much older than the usual run of people they fund.”

Source : "How Does a Host of Working Work?". "Working" with Adam Davidson, www.slate.com. May 18, 2015.
“The greatest power God has given to His sons cannot be exercised without the companionship of one of his daughters, because only to his daughters has God given the power to be a creator of bodies so that Godâ€™s design and the great plan might meet fruition.”
“I've always been in love with that Delta-flavored music the music that came from Mississippi and Memphis and, especially, New Orleans. When I was 14, I was in a wanna-be New Orleans band in Toronto.”
“When people are putting pressure on me I just completely ignore it.”

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