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If the Lord hasn't got a boyfriend lined up for me to marry, that's his business. ↗

— Barbara Kingsolver

#humor #love #poisonwood-bible #business

Does anything in nature despair except man? An animal with a foot caught in a trap does not seem to despair. It is too busy trying to survive. It is all closed in, to a kind of still, intense waiting. Is this a key? Keep busy with survival. Imitate the trees. Learn to lose in order to recover, and remember that nothing stays the same for long, not even pain, psychic pain. Sit it out. Let it all pass. Let it go. ↗

— May Sarton

#nature #pain #strength #survival #business

One word more. You look as if you thought it tainted you to be loved by me. You cannot avoid it. Nay, I, if I would, cannot cleanse you from it. But I would not, if I could. I have never loved any woman before: my life has been too busy, my thoughts too much absorbed with other things. Now I love, and will love. But do not be afraid of too much expression on my part. ↗

— Elizabeth Gaskell

#business

It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about? ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#business

A very wise man once told me that you can't look back-you just have to put the past behind you, and find something better in your future. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#life #moving-on #life

Now I know what a ghost is. Unfinished business, that's what. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

#regrets #business

In the action business, when you don't want to say you ran like a mouse, you call it 'taking cover.' It's more heroic. ↗

— Jim Butcher

#heroism #humor #business

But you're so busy changing the world Just one smile can change all of mine ↗

— Jack Johnson

#couples #love #smile #song #business

There's no luck in business. There's only drive, determination, and more drive. ↗

— Sophie Kinsella

#manhattan #shopaholic #business

You'll be so busy with Bridge and what's-his-name that you'll forget all about your English mate, St. Clair." "Ha! So you are English!" I poke him in the stomach. He grabs my hand and we wrestle, laughing. "I claim... no... nationality. ↗

— Stephanie Perkins

#anna-and-the-french-kiss #étienne-st-clair #business