“It never occurred to me that our lives, until then so closely interwoven, could unravel and separate over a thing like that. But the fact was, I suppose, there were powerful tides tugging us apart by then, and it only needed something like that to finish the task. If we'd understood that back then-who knows?-maybe we'd have kept a tighter hold of one another.”
― Never Let Me Go
― Never Let Me Go
“Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by thoughts of a sun-drenched elsewhere.”
― The Nomad: Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt
― The Nomad: Diaries of Isabelle Eberhardt
“I think one travels more usefully when they travel alone, because they reflect more."
(Letter to John Banister, Jr., June 19, 1787)”
― The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Vol 11, January 1787 to August 1787
(Letter to John Banister, Jr., June 19, 1787)”
― The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Vol 11, January 1787 to August 1787
“Leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that impact lasts in your absence."
(Harvard Business School definition of leadership)”
― Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
(Harvard Business School definition of leadership)”
― Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
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