- Nov 07, 2020
You Quotes
Quotes that speak straight to you.
This collection gathers quotes framed around 'you' - from candid reflections on body image pressures passed down in families to observations about how humor can mask real vulnerability. Many touch on how what you know about yourself differs from how others perceive you.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
I’ve wanted to write a book on embryology, that extraordinary journey where you start off as a single cell and end up with a human body, for a general audience for years.
- Facts
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need to get across the excitement and creativity of science. That it isn't just a list of facts that have already been discovered - but a process, a creative project, that you are generating ideas, testing them and looking for evidence.
- Dignified
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- Nov 07, 2020
Salem houses present to you a serene and dignified front, gracious yet reserved, not thrusting forward their choicest treasures to the eyes of passing strangers; but behind the walls of the houses, enclosed from public view, lie cherished gardens, full of the beauty of life.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
All the characters in my books are imagined, but all have a bit of who I am in them - much like the characters in your dreams are all formed by who you are.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
Even in times when it's difficult to figure out, how do you go forward, art - and books - always help.
- Architecture
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- Nov 07, 2020
You don’t need to go to Rome, Prague or Vienna to find wonderful architecture, amazing stories and suprising, hidden gems.
- Joy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I really feel like the gift is also the curse. It's always half-and-half. Whatever brings you the most joy will also probably bring you the most pain. Always a price to pay.
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
You can somehow get access to what is perceived to be a better school by either being religious or appearing to be religious. That is unfair.
- Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm much faster now. When you only have a certain amount of time to write, after a while you learn to use your time well or you stop writing.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People who believe in creationism say that by teaching evolution you are indoctrinating them with science, but I just don't agree with that.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
The deep, personal material of the latter half of your life is your children. You can write about your parents when they're gone, but your children are still going to be here, and you're going to want them to come and visit you in the nursing home.
- Thinking
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mothers always find ways to fit in the work - but then when you're working, you feel that you should be spending time with your children and then when you're with your children, you're thinking about working.
- Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our ape legs make us great generalists - we can walk, run and climb. But when you try to do too many things at once, you can end up with problems.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020