"The thousands of possible lives that used to……" — Barbara Holland
"The thousands of possible lives that used to spread out in front of me have snapped shut into one, and all I get is what I've got. It's time to pass on the possibilities, all those deliciously half-open doors, to my children, and drive them to the airports, and wish them bon voyage."
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10 Quotes by Barbara Holland
Barbara Holland has 10 quotes on this site.
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Poets and songwriters speak highly of spring as one of the great joys of life in the temperate zone, but…
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By and large, people who enjoy teaching animals to roll over will find themselves happier with a dog.
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A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a…
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There is no 'cat language.' Painful as it is for us to admit, they don't need one!
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Subtly, in the little ways, joy has been leaking out of our lives. The small pleasures of the ordinary day…
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A catless writer is almost inconceivable.
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Gloom we have always with us, a rank and sturdy weed, but joy requires tending.
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I was getting sick and tired of being lectured by dear friends with their little bottles of water and their…
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Perhaps it's a good time to reconsider pleasure at its roots. Changing out of wet shoes and socks, for instance.
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More Airports Quotes
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one of 292 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Anticipating that most poetry will be worse than carrying heavy luggage through O'Hare Airport, the public, to its loss, reads…
— Russell Baker
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To me, the greatest invention of my lifetime is the laptop computer and the fact that I can be working…
— Bill Bryson
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I haven't isolated myself. I am not living on a yacht somewhere. I am not tucked away or behind a…
— Nicolas Cage
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I get depressed at airports.
— Adam Carolla
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Every time you take a train, step into your car, walk into the shopping mall, go to the airport -…
— Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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I would not vote for the mayor. It's not just because he didn't invite me to dinner, but because on…
— Fidel Castro
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The Commission endorses prevention as the principal strategy to use in deterring illegal entries. We applaud the efforts of innovative…
— Barbara Jordan
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Our borders are much too porous...We want to keep them open, but we also have to be much more careful.…
— Charles Schumer
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Nobody is ever met at the airport when beginning a new adventure. It's just not done.
— Unknown Author
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In the space age, man will be able to go around the world in two hours - one hour for…
— Unknown Author
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I have a feeling that when my ship comes in I'll be at the airport.
— Charles M. Schulz
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They mention that it's a nonstop flight. Well, I must say I don't care for that sort of thing. Call…
— George Carlin
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