Sheila Ballantyne quotes
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“Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years.”
-- Sheila BallantyneSource : Sheila Ballantyne (1983). “Norma Jean, the termite queen”, Viking Pr
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“You can always trust information given you by people who are crazy; they have an access to truth not available through regular channels.”
-- Sheila BallantyneSource : Sheila Ballantyne (1983). “Norma Jean, the termite queen”, Viking Pr
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“Ghetto humor is the social twin of fantasy; together they sustain the powerless, who accomplish miracles through illusion.”
-- Sheila BallantyneSource : Sheila Ballantyne (1983). “Norma Jean, the termite queen”, Viking Pr
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“illusions are crucial to the maintenance of life functions ...”
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“Inner resources are like natural resources; they both dry up eventually when the demands on them are heavy.”
-- Sheila BallantyneSource : Sheila Ballantyne (1975). “Norma Jean, the termite queen”, Doubleday Books
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“Life is like a great jazz riff. You sense the end the very moment you were wanting it to go on forever.”
-- Sheila BallantyneSource : Sheila Ballantyne (1988). “Life on Earth: Stories”, Simon & Schuster
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“everything is ambiguous. It's exciting, in a way, if you can tolerate ambiguity. I can't, but I'm taking a course where it's taught, in the hope of acquiring the skill. It's called Modern Living, and you get no credit.”
-- Sheila BallantyneSource : Sheila Ballantyne (1975). “Norma Jean, the termite queen”, Doubleday Books
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“You might not have thought it possible to give birth to others before one has given birth to oneself, but I assure you it is quite possible, it has been done; I offer myself in evidence as Exhibit A.”
-- Sheila BallantyneSource : Sheila Ballantyne (1983). “Norma Jean, the termite queen”, Viking Pr
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“The trouble with going crazy is that you have to go around making it up to everyone afterwards. It seems they should be making something up to you.”
-- Sheila BallantyneSource : Sheila Ballantyne (1975). “Norma Jean, the termite queen”, Doubleday Books
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“There is no irritant as painful as an ace up your sleeve that you can never use; it's the kind of thing that causes oysters to produce pearls.”
-- Sheila BallantyneSource : Sheila Ballantyne (1983). “Imaginary crimes”, Penguin Group USA
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“The freeway is the last frontier. It is unsurpassed as a training ground for the sharpening of survival skills.”
-- Sheila BallantyneSource : Sheila Ballantyne (1975). “Norma Jean, the termite queen”, Doubleday Books
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“It's unbelievable the primitive feelings that are aroused by rapid change.”
-- Sheila BallantyneSource : Sheila Ballantyne (1975). “Norma Jean, the termite queen”, Doubleday Books
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“in California death is one of the most successfully kept secrets there is. If you doubt this, try to find a cemetery.”
-- Sheila BallantyneSource : Sheila Ballantyne (1983). “Norma Jean, the termite queen”, Viking Pr
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“It's expectation that differentiates you from the dead.”
-- Sheila BallantyneSource : "Norma Jean the Termite Queen". Book by Sheila Ballantyne, 1975.
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“The moon develops the imagination, as chemicals develop photographic images.”
-- Sheila BallantyneSource : Sheila Ballantyne (1983). “Norma Jean, the termite queen”, Viking Pr
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“I can’t wait fifteen years to do my work: Because my ideas are coming now.”
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“If you have enough fantasies, you're ready, in the event that something happens.”
-- Sheila BallantyneSource : Sheila Ballantyne (1983). “Norma Jean, the termite queen”, Viking Pr
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“Californians are good at planning for the earthquake, while simultaneously denying it will happen.”
-- Sheila BallantyneSource : Sheila Ballantyne (1988). “Life on Earth: Stories”, Simon & Schuster
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“Sundays are terrible because it is clear that there is no one in charge of the world. And this knowledge leave you drifting around, grappling with unfulfilled expectations and vague yearnings.”
-- Sheila Ballantyne
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