What you will do matters. All you need is to do it. Judy Grahn, Another Mother Tongue: Gay Words, Gay Worlds, 1984 Where you used to be, there is a hole in the world, which I find myself constantly walking around in the daytime, and falling into at night. I miss you like hell. Edna St. Vincent Millay, Letters, 1952 US poet (1892 - 1950) The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time. Colette, Paris From My Window, 1944 French novelist (1873 - 1954) Total absence of humor renders life impossible. Colette, Chance Acquaintances, 1952 French novelist (1873 - 1954) Humility is no substitute for a good personality. Fran Lebowitz, Metropolitan Life, 1978 US writer and humorist (1950 - ) It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanisms of friendship. Colette, The Pure and the Impure, 1932 French novelist (1873 - 1954) You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. Colette, in New York World-Telegram and Sun, 1961 French novelist (1873 - 1954) In every power, of which taste is the foundation, excellence is pretty fairly divided between the sexes. Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey, 1818 English novelist (1775 - 1817) It has been my experience that one cannot, in any shape or form, depend on human relations for lasting reward. It is only work that truly satisfies. Bette Davis, The Lonely Life, 1962 US movie actress (1908 - 1989) I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless. Bette Davis, The Lonely Life, 1962 US movie actress (1908 - 1989) |