“Sir William said he never spoke of 'madness'; he called it not having a sense of proportion.”
― Mrs. Dalloway
― Mrs. Dalloway
“If more Africans had eaten missionaries, the continent would be in better shape.”
― The Heart of a Woman
― The Heart of a Woman
“Everyone has friends who were killed in the War. Everyone gives up something when they marry.”
― Mrs. Dalloway
― Mrs. Dalloway
“There was an emptiness about the heart of life; an attic room.”
― Mrs. Dalloway
― Mrs. Dalloway
“Can I do it? I'd rather not try and fail."
"That's stupid talk, Maya. Every try will not succeed. But if you're going to live, live at all, your business is trying. And if you fail once, so what? Old folks say, Every shuteye ain't sleep and every goodbye ain't gone. You fail, you get up and try again.”
― The Heart of a Woman
"That's stupid talk, Maya. Every try will not succeed. But if you're going to live, live at all, your business is trying. And if you fail once, so what? Old folks say, Every shuteye ain't sleep and every goodbye ain't gone. You fail, you get up and try again.”
― The Heart of a Woman
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