“Our own individual life history is also shaped that way. In large part, when you factor out fate, what we are is because of what we believe about ourselves. Wherever we are in the world, we mostly live in the small space between our ears.
“Mr. Johnson and his wife had bought Perle Mesta’s old house, the place where the hostess with the mostest threw some of her most lavish parties. The Vice President of the United States had translated its French name, Les Ormes, to The Elms.”
― Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies
― Upstairs at the White House: My Life with the First Ladies
“I see where all this success has led me. Now I want to see what it’s kept me from.”
― Tapestry of Fortunes
― Tapestry of Fortunes
“You have to think about each day’s landscape—both workdays and days off—and where there might be spots of usable time. You become a general, surveying the battlefield. What can move? What can’t? What logistical problems must be solved as you march through your hours?”
― Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters
― Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters
“Our own individual life history is also shaped that way. In large part, when you factor out fate, what we are is because of what we believe about ourselves. Wherever we are in the world, we mostly live in the small space between our ears.”
― Tapestry of Fortunes
― Tapestry of Fortunes
“Don’t we all want company in some form, are we not attracted to the idea of a body beside us in a thunderstorm, or another voice to help decide on dinner, to share astonishment at the latest political buffoonery or appreciation for the lush sets on Downton Abbey? Are we not, at our most basic, social animals, people who need other people, whether we want to or not?”
― Tapestry of Fortunes
― Tapestry of Fortunes
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