Quotes of Mavis Gallant

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I began to ration my writing, for fear I would dream through life as my father had done. I was afraid I had inherited a poisoned gene from him, a vocation without a gift.

- Mavis Gallant

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“ Is there any positive energy like enthusiasm? ”

- Lailah Gifty Akita

“ The only time a man can do the right thing is right now. ”

- John Verdon

“ Love isn't a feeling or emotion that changes timely, it's everlasting... ”

- Gandhi

“ All worries are less with wine. ”

- Amit Kalantri

“ Just when you think it can't get any worse, it can. And just when you think it can't get any better, it can. ”

- Nicholas Sparks

“ You can’t go back and make a new start, but you can start right now and make a brand new ending. ”

- James R. Sherman

“ The desires of man are frequently more influential than their rational thought. ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Now, I return to this young fellow. And the communication I have got to make is, that he has great expectations. ”

- Charles Dickens

“ I know that the whole point—the only point—is to find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. ”

- Émile Zola

“ When you love someone, you say their name different. Like it's safe inside your mouth. ”

- Jodi Picoult

“ Don’t marry him. Don’t be with him. Be with me. ”

- Jenny Han

“ At the beginning, you need no support other than your pen and paper to write down the ideas that your brain is ready to supply you at any given time. ”

- Godspower Oparaugo

“ And, in the end… The love you take is equal to the love you make. ”

- Paul McCartney

“ Perfect love casts out fear. Where there is love there are no demands, no expectations, no dependency. I do not demand that you make me happy; my happiness does not lie in you. If you were to leave me, I will not feel sorry for myself; I enjoy your company immensely, but I do not cling. ”

- Anthony de Mello

“ The key to success is not through achievement but through enthusiasm. ”

- Malcolm Forbes

“ Hope is a waking dream. ”

- Aristotle

“ It takes courage to be honest and to work, while others play, cheat, sponge like parasites or are idle. There is value in the work that you choose to do, and you are an innately valuable person. ”

- Zita Steele

“ How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em. ”

- Shel Silverstein

“ A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes. ”

- Robert Frost

“ When we go into stillness we can hear our soul’s voice loud and clear. If we speak from our heart we share our soul’s melody with the world. ”

- Christina Goetz

“ Time is persistent, and we need to make the best of it. ”

- Charlena E. Jackson

“ That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. ”

- Robert Louis Stevenson

“ When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you’ll be successful. ”

- Eric Thomas