#up

I literally fell among Quakers when I went up to Oxford. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#fell #i #literally #oxford #quakers

I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick up their know-how. ↗

— Lionel Blue

#christian #far #ghetto #go #i

I woke up this morning, and I still don't believe I won the Daytona 500. ↗

— Dale Earnhardt

#daytona #daytona 500 #i #morning #still

That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity. ↗

— Charles Eastman

#approaches #believed #claim #creative #degree

Every time I show up to do something here it's considered a comeback. If I came into town and they didn't call it that, I'd be disappointed. ↗

— Sheena Easton

#came #comeback #considered #disappointed #every

Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. ↗

— Baltasar Gracian

#even #hath #him #himself #power

After World War II society had to settle back for a moment before it picked up the 20th century. ↗

— Stella Blum

#after #back #before #century #had

The creative process; I enjoy thinking up the stories and situations for my books. ↗

— Judy Blume

#creative #creative process #enjoy #i #process

I didn't know anything about writers. It never occurred to me they were regular people and that I could grow up to become one, even though I loved to make up stories inside my head. ↗

— Judy Blume

#anything #become #could #even #grow

I hate first drafts, and it never gets easier. People always wonder what kind of superhero power they'd like to have. I wanted the ability for someone to just open up my brain and take out the entire first draft and lay it down in front of me so I can just focus on the second, third and fourth drafts. ↗

— Judy Blume

#always #brain #down #draft #drafts