Rheta Grimsley Johnson quotes

Rheta Grimsley Johnson quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“A man on a mission is far different from a drone on a deadline.”
-- Rheta Grimsley Johnson

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“The work saved me. I clung to it like flotsam in a boiling sea. It was the only solitary sport that I ever played, or was any good at. It felt natural to sit at my computer and type and type some more. For entire minutes, while writing, I could forget the godawful thing that had happened. I could forget that nothing really mattered anymore. Perhaps, if I set my sights low, I could care again about some small thing. I would type a word. One word. Then another. I started to care about the words, then entire sentences...”
-- Rheta Grimsley Johnson

Source : Rheta Grimsley Johnson (2010). “Enchanted Evening Barbie and the Second Coming: A Memoir”, p.190, NewSouth Books

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