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My two valuable lessons are: avoid romanticism and abhor possessiveness. — Diana Athill

Read it aloud to yourself because that's the only way to be sure the rhythms of the sentences are OK. — Diana Athill

She was an object lesson on the essential luck, whatever hardships may come their way, of those born able to make things. — Diana Athill

I don't know if you can change things, but it's a drop in the ocean. — Julie Walters

There cannot be Ups in a roller-coaster ride unless there are Downs. — Siddharth Katragadda

Many of the most successful men and women in the world never graduated from college. They attended the school of life instead. — Brian Tracy

It was like removing layers of crumpled brown paper from an awkwardly shaped parcel, and revealing the attractive present which it contained. — Diana Athill

I want to live doubly - first with you and then afterwards in memory ... — John Geddes

The classical theory of omniscient rationality is strikingly simple and beautiful. — Herbert A. Simon

I never used to get homesick when I first moved to L.A. — Michaela Conlin

The idealist and dreamer will stubbornly go down with the ship. The serial innovator grabs the rudder and changes course. — Larry Osborne

I think talking to other people can bring its own unhelpful baggage. Sometimes you just need to talk to an entity. The void. Your God. — Sophie Kinsella

Look! Why want anything more marvellous than what is. — Diana Athill

We must always remember that we are only midwives - if we want praise for progeny we must give birth to our own. — Diana Athill

If you lack wisdom in regard to a problem, you need to go to God in prayer. — J. Vernon McGee

An educated woman is seen as a human being with a vagina. An uneducated woman is seen as a vagina with a human being. — Mokokoma Mokhonoana

You can't go into the chef's office of any serious kitchen and not see a copy of Larousse. A must-have for professional and home cooks alike. — David Chang

Writing shouldn't come between the reader and what's being described. It should be as transparent as possible. — Diana Athill

Things that change and are lost, that is what's worth preserving. — Christopher Paolini