"[T]he House of Maidens was for little girls whose whole duty in life was to spill things, break things, and forget things . . . until they had spilled, broken, and forgotten everything they could, and thus made room in their lives for a little wisdom."

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Source : Marion Zimmer Bradley (2001). “The Mists of Avalon”, p.194, Ballantine Books

Marion Zimmer Bradley

#Girl Quotes #Broken Quotes #House Quotes

“I suspect there isn't an actor alive who was able to truthfully answer his family's questions after his first day's activity in his future profession.”

Source : Simone Signoret (1978). “Nostalgia isn't what it used to be”, HarperCollins Publishers
“Whenever Iâ€™m asked why Southern writers particularly have a penchant for writing about freaks, I say it is because we are still able to recognize one.”
“It should cause no surprise that anyone so lazy as myself should be economical to the point of miserliness with everything he writes.”
“See?" Fezzik pointed then. Far down, at the very bottom of the mountain path, the man in black could be seen running. "Inigo is beaten." Inconceivable!" exploded the Sicilian. Fezzik never dared disagree with the hunchback. "I'm so stupid," Fezzik nodded. "Inigo has not lost to the man in black, he has defeated him. And to prove it he has put on all the man in black's clothes and masks and hoods and boots and gained eighty pounds.”
“I think I'm like Marmite; you either love me or you hate me.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“While privacy strengthens all our bonds, secrecy weakens and damages connection. Lerner points out that we do not usually "know the emotional costs of keeping a secret" until the truth is disclosed. Usually, secrecy involves lying. And lying is always the setting for potential betrayal and violation of trust.”
“Faith is the flip side of fear.”
“I also helped write the five-page statement of principles that Civic Forum issued in late November. That was the first public expression of what the new government wanted to do.”

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