#penn

It is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy;—it is disposition alone. Seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other, and seven days are more than enough for others. ↗

— Jane Austen

#intimacy #marianne-dashwood #openness #opportunity #self-disclosure

Let go of certainty. The opposite isn't uncertainty. It's openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides. The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow. ↗

— Tony Schwartz

#certainty #curiosity #growing #learning #letting-go

Eddie discovered one of his childhood's great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought. ↗

— Stephen King

#eddie #fear #grownups #horror #it

Her soul trembled on her lips like a drop of dew on a flower. ↗

— Victor Hugo

#openness #love

I grew up on a farm in Pennsylvania, where my parents raised German shepherds - we had about 30 dogs at any given time. ↗

— Tory Burch

#any #dogs #farm #german #given

The day will come - and it is not far off - when the legacy of Lincoln will finally be fulfilled at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, when a black man or woman will sit in the Oval Office. When that day comes, the most remarkable thing about it will be how naturally it occurs. ↗

— George H. W. Bush

#avenue #black #come #comes #day

The William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh... was the place where Champagne Music was born. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

#champagne #hotel #music #penn #pittsburgh

Of course, neither David or myself ever saw a penny from them; it was the early days of merchandising. ↗

— Robert Vaughn

#david #days #early #ever #merchandising

When I was living in New York and didn't have a penny to my name, I would walk around the streets and occasionally I would see an alcove or something. And I'd think, that'll be good, that'll be a good spot for me when I'm homeless. ↗

— Larry David

#good #homeless #i #living #me

I'm from Pennsylvania, so I was in New York a lot and my brother lives in New York. ↗

— Kat Dennings

#i #lives #lot #new #new york