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Therese Anne Fowler Quotes

Some rules are nothing but old habits that people are afraid to change.

Some rules are nothing but old habits that people are afraid to change.

Therese Anne Fowler
Old Habits, People, Habit

There's nothing like losing yourself in someone else's troubles to make you forget your own.

Therese Anne Fowler
Losing, Forget, Trouble
Therese Anne Fowler (2013). “Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald”, p.243, Macmillan

There was no way to know that certainty would one day become a luxury, too.

Therese Anne Fowler
Luxury, One Day, Way
Therese Anne Fowler (2013). “Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald”, p.118, Macmillan

If the river has a soul, it's a peaceful one. If it has a lesson to impart, that lesson is patience. There will be drought, it says; there will be floods; the ice will form, the ice will melt; the water will flow and blend into the river's brackish mouth, then join the ocean between Lewes and Cape May, endlessly, forever, amen.

Therese Anne Fowler
Ocean, Ice, Rivers
Therese Anne Fowler (2013). “Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald”, p.274, Macmillan

If only people could travel as easily as words. Wouldn't that be something? If only we could be so easily revised.

Therese Anne Fowler
Life, People, Ifs
Therese Anne Fowler (2013). “Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald”, p.2, Macmillan

Nothing can prepare the uninitiated for New York City.

Therese Anne Fowler
New York, Cities, New York City

A man deserves credit when he accomplishes something of importance. Something that provides for the betterment of his life and his family's life and, whenever possible, mankind.

Therese Anne Fowler
Men, Credit, Importance
Therese Anne Fowler (2013). “Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald”, p.34, Macmillan

... while I bathed, while I tried but failed to sleep, I considered how I might become more like the women I respected and admired. Surrounded as I was by ambitious, accomplished women, I couldn't ignore the little voice in my head that said maybe I was supposed to shed halfway, and do something significant. Contribute something. Accomplish something. Choose. Be.

Therese Anne Fowler
Sleep, Voice, Ambitious

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