quotes about Tissue Paper

“It’s not easy remembering the good times.”

“I have no taste for either poverty or honest labor, so writing is the only recourse left for me”

“I hated school. Even to this day, when I see a school bus it's just depressing to me. The poor little kids.”

“I am glad The Worst Journey is coming out in Penguins: after all it is largely about penguins.”

“Hillary Clinton respects good ideas wherever they come from. That's something I haven't seen in a lot of powerful people.”

Source : "Ronan Farrow: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. September 13, 2013.

“We have a chance here to prove that [Rwanda], a country that almost slaughtered itself out of existence, can practice reconciliation, reorganize itself, focus on tomorrow and provide comprehensive, quality health care with minimal outside help.”

“Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.”

“I am a bad feminist and a good woman. I am trying to become better in how I think and say and do - without abandoning what makes me human.”

“In 1937, I began, like Lazarus, the impossible return.”

“This is why you must love life: one day you're offering up your social security number to the Russian Mafia; two weeks later you're using the word calve as a verb.”

Source : Maria Semple (2012). “Where'd You Go, Bernadette”, p.241, Hachette UK