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“I could feel my anger dissipating as the miles went by--you can't run and stay mad!”
― Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports
― Marathon Woman: Running the Race to Revolutionize Women's Sports
“There's something I want you to know,' said Cherryl, her voice taut and harsh, 'so that there won't be any pretending about it. I'm not going to put on the sweet relative act. I know what you've done to Jim and how you've made him miserable all his life. I'm going to protect him against you. I'll put you in your place. I'm Mrs. Taggart. I'm the woman in this family now.'
'That's quite all right,' said Dagny. 'I'm the man.”
― Atlas Shrugged
'That's quite all right,' said Dagny. 'I'm the man.”
― Atlas Shrugged
“What an unreliable thing is time--when I want it to fly, the hours stick to me like glue. And what a changeable thing, too. Time is the twine to tie our lives into parcels of years and months. Or a rubber band stretched to suit our fancy. Time can be the pretty ribbon in a little girl's hair. Or the lines in your face, stealing your youthful colour and your hair. .... But in the end, time is a noose around the neck, strangling slowly.”
― A Fine Balance
― A Fine Balance
“First of all, I know it’s all people like you. And that’s what’s so scary. Individually you don’t know what you’re doing collectively.”
― The Circle
― The Circle
“All men live enveloped in whale-lines. All are born with halters round their necks; but it is only when caught in the swift, sudden turn of death, that mortals realize the silent, subtle, ever-present perils of life.”
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
― Moby-Dick or, The Whale
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