Vita Sackville-West Quotes
The shortest day has passed, and whatever nastiness of weather we may look forward to in January and February, at least we notice that the days are getting longer. Minute by minute they lengthen out. It takes some weeks before we become aware of the change. It is imperceptible even as the growth of a child, as you watch it day by day, until the moment comes when with a start of delighted surprise we realize that we can stay out of doors in a
twilight lasting for another quarter of a precious hour.
Vita Sackville-West
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Only children are weird. The only children I know, including myself, are either superweird or very talented and special or a mix of the two. I think there was always a certain independence and loneliness - I had a lot of imaginary friends as a kid.
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Saint Teresa of Avila
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The best thing about being Children's Laureate has definitely been all the children and teens I've met.
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The '80s was all about this idea that women could have it all. You could have a career, and you could have a husband, and you could have children.
Candace Bushnell
It is our generation's task, then, to reignite the true engine of America's economic growth - a rising, thriving middle class.
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I've been doing transcendental meditation every day on the road, and it's one of the best things I've ever done.
Santi White
What the hell did I do in the 80's? Midnight Run. A perfect movie. Just a perfect movie.
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I was an at-home father, taking care of them for seven years when they were babies. I was one of those new-age, at-home dads.
David Means
The shortest day has passed, and whatever nastiness of weather we may look forward to in January and February, at least we notice that the days are getting longer. Minute by minute they lengthen out. It takes some weeks before we become aware of the change. It is imperceptible even as the growth of a child, as you watch it day by day, until the moment comes when with a start of delighted surprise we realize that we can stay out of doors in a
twilight lasting for another quarter of a precious hour.
Vita Sackville-West
