"when one married a man, it was clear to me, one married also the sink and the stove ..."

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Source : Phyllis Eleanor Bentley (1962). “"O Dreams, O Destinations": An Autobiography”, London : Gollancz

Phyllis Bentley

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“People create the reality they need in order to discover themselves”

Source : Ernest Becker (1997). “The Denial of Death”, p.158, Simon and Schuster
“I will always smell good.”

Source : "Old Spice's Isaiah Mustafa: I Will Always Smell Good", www.foxnews.com. February 9, 2011.
“Is it not easy to conceive the World in your Mind? To think the Heavens fair? The Sun Glorious? The Earth fruitful? The Air Pleasant? The Sea Profitable? And the Giver bountiful? Yet these are the things which it is difficult to retain. For could we always be sensible of their use and value, we should be always delighted with their wealth and glory.”

Source : Thomas Traherne (2010). “Centuries of Meditations”, p.7, Cosimo, Inc.
“A common greeting was 'Well, Gillette, how's the razor?' If I had been technically trained, I would have quit.”
“Life in itself / Is nothing, / An empty cup, a flight of uncarpeted stairs. / It is not enough that yearly, down this hill, / April / Comes like an idiot, babbling and strewing flowers.”
“Imperfection is in some sort essential to all that we know in life.”
“God wants to lead you to places you cannot get to without Him, and He does that by the power of His Spirit. He can bring you into the realm of the miraculous-not as a show, but as a demonstration of His love and compassion for the lost, hurting, or needy. Who among us doesnâ€™t want or need that?”

Source : FaceBook post by Stormie Omartian from Feb 12, 2015
“Some architects think of clients only as sources of work and income but most good architecture is in fact the result of successful design collaboration between a talented architect and an enlightened, motivated client.”

Source : Roger K. Lewis (2013). “Architect?: A Candid Guide to the Profession”, p.285, MIT Press

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