Quotes of Hortense Calisher

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A happy childhood can't be cured. Mine'll hang around my neck like a rainbow, that's all, instead of a noose.

- Hortense Calisher

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“ Writing is the knitting of the soul ”

- Khaled Talib

“ There are times in life which proves life is wife and wife is life. ”

- Fahad Basheer

“ Dreams come true. Without that possibility, nature would not incite us to have them. ”

- John Updike

“ A dream comes true through repeated actions. ”

- Lailah Gifty Akita

“ We always see our worst selves. Our most vulnerable selves. We need someone else to get close enough to tell us we’re wrong. Someone we trust. ”

- David Levithan

“ Find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever. ”

- Mahatma Gandhi

“ If you sow kindness, you will reap love. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ The human tendency is to resemble or imitate those we admire; the common result is the delusion, that to emulate another’s personality creates a pseudo persona, measurably dissimilar from our own. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Your Dreams Matter. Like an athlete trains, so must the student of life. Train the mind, body and spirit, so you may achieve anything. Life is about sharing your dreams/purpose (gifts/passions/talents) with the world and helping others find their way. ”

- Elizabeth SalamancaBrosig

“ When things do not go your way, remember that every challenge — every adversity — contains within it the seeds of opportunity and growth. ”

- Roy T. Bennett

“ You can never plan the future by the past. ”

- Edmund Burke

“ Never make someone a priority when all you are to them is an option. ”

- Maya Angelou

“ I have come from the End of the World. From the River of Dreams, through the gauntlet and the Briar and the Deep Wyld, in order to stand before you today. I have but one request—to take my place at your side. To resume my duty as your knight, and to protect you and your kingdom for as long as I draw breath. ”

- Julie Kagawa

“ Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result misery. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ Everyday of your life is a another lesson. If you learn the lesson well and apply it; whether positive or negative, you determine what happens in your tomorrow. ”

- David Kofi Awusi

“ Live every day like it’s your last. ”

- Unknown

“ The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink. ”

- T.S. Eliot

“ True love is taking the risk that it won’t be a happily. ever. after. True love is joining hands with the man who loves you for who you are, and saying, “I’m not afraid to believe in you.” ”

- Cara Lockwood

“ There are four basic human needs; food, sleep, sex and revenge. ”

- Banksy

“ Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. ”

- Unknown

“ As powerful as your genetic combination is in determining the outcome of your life, your decisions are more powerful. You will ultimately look like your decisions. ”

- Kingsley Opuwari Manuel

“ Avoid loud and aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit. ”

- Max Ehrmann