Jackie

“If you want to come to a compromise over something, you must “cut the pear in two” (couper la poire en deux). Picking one’s brain might be expressed as “squeezing one’s lemon” (presser le citron). If you want to convey a sense of “eh” or “so-so” when asked for an opinion on something, you might say it’s “half fig, half grape” (mi-figue, mi-raisin).”
― Stephane Henaut, A Bite-Sized History of France

“You keep doin’ what you doin’ and the white man don’t got to do it no more. He ain’t got to sell you or put you in a coal mine to own you. He’ll own you just as is, and he’ll say you the one who did it. He’ll say it’s your fault.”
― Yaa Gyasi, Homegoing

“Procrastination is opportunity’s natural assassin.”
― Karen McCreadie, George S. Clason's The Richest Man in Babylon: A 52 brilliant ideas interpretation

“List all the events or circumstances that you consider to be lucky and unlucky in the last two months. Looking back, can you trace them to something you did or initiated? Is it possible that good luck was not luck at all but good planning and the recognition of opportunity? Is the reverse also true?”
― Karen McCreadie, George S. Clason's The Richest Man in Babylon: A 52 brilliant ideas interpretation