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“Gertrude drives on. She says, 'Right or wrong, this is the road and we are on it,” quote by Jeanette Winterson — Download Open image

““Gertrude drives on. She says, 'Right or wrong, this is the road and we are on it,””

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“After nine nights must come ten and every desperate meeting only leaves you desperate for another. There is never enough to eat, never enough garden for your love. So you refuse and then you discover that your house is haunted by the ghost of a leopard. When passion comes late in life it is hard to bear. One more night.…

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“Yes. Just pass me my leg will you? It's on top of the wardrobe where he threw it, and I think my right arm is leaning over by the wall. My head is in the gas oven but it will probably be all right, I'm told that green colour wears off. Unfortunately I threw my heart to the dogs. Never…

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You are a pool of clear water where the light plays

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“It's the cliches that cause the trouble. A precise emotion seeks a precise expression. If what I feel is not precise than how should…

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What would it have meant to be happy? What would it have meant if things had been bright, clear, good between us?

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“I shall have nowt to talk to now the baby is boiled.”

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“What art does is to coax us away from the mechanical and towards the miraculous. The so-called uselessness of art is a clue to its transforming power. Art is not part of the machine. Art asks us to think differently, see differently, hear differently, and ultimately to act differently, which is why art has moral force. Ruskin was right, though…

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Ambition drives you on, ability certainly helps, but the fickle finger of fate and luck are great things.

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Every human creates his own problems. Problems are ones private property and we shouldnt meddle into them self-initiatively.

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One needs more than ambition and talent to make a success of anything, really. There must be love and a vocation.

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“Now you," Grandma barks at him. "Yes, you, the invisible truck driver," she added, giving me a wicked grin. "Go stand next to Rose over there by the stone bench and smile like you mean it." "Yes, ma'am," Will said. "I am not to be called ma'am. My name is Maggie," she crabbed. "Well, I also have a name. It's…

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“Fear of seeing a police car pull into the drive. Fear of falling asleep at night. Fear of not falling asleep. Fear of the past rising up. Fear of the present taking flight. Fear of the telephone that rings in the dead of night. Fear of electrical storms. Fear of the cleaning woman who has a spot on her cheek!…

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If you are not willing to learn, no one can help you. If you are determined to learn, no one can stop you.

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Have a Blast; Life wont last! Make the best of the journey before it is over!

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Life is like riding on a bus. God is the driver and I am the passenger. Have faith God knows which route to take.…

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“Friction is necessary. Ease of life leads to complacency and the atrophy of the human will and spirit. Within our struggles lives our strength, within our trials lives our triumphs. Friction creates a platform for change, generates heat and or fervor and creates a motivational charge that gives us an opportunity to be better. A gem cannot be polished without…

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