Libraries are like houses of worship: Whether or not you use them yourself, it's important to know that they are there. In many ways they define a society and the values of that society. Librarians to me are the keepers of the flame of knowledge. When I was growing up, the librarian in my local library looked like a meek little old lady, but after you spent some time with her, you realized she was Athena with a sword, a wise and wonderful repository of wisdom.
Jane Stanton HitchcockStichwörter: librarians
People described me then as a "socialite," a label I loathe. It cast me in a lurid and ridiculous light, implying a life of privileged frivolity where everyone fits around from one party to the next wearing calculated clothes and expensive smiles
Jane Stanton HitchcockStichwörter: social label privileged socialite
A violent act pierces the atmosphere, leaving a hole through which the cold, damp draft of its memory blows forever.
Jane Stanton HitchcockStichwörter: truth realistic moving
People are only taken seriously as they take themselves.
Jane Stanton HitchcockStichwörter: people
people without sense of humor aren't much fun to be around, no matter how far they've gotten.
Jane Stanton Hitchcocktrouble with people is, they always think they have to talk.
Jane Stanton HitchcockStichwörter: people
i'm out to make difference in the world, to lead the way by giving much and giving often.
Jane Stanton HitchcockStichwörter: giving
it's much more interesting to try and understand what binds two people together. why we stay with each other is much more of a mystery than why we don't.
Jane Stanton HitchcockStichwörter: break-ups
We've all done things we wish we hadn't, made choices we didn't even know were choices at that time. but that doesn't mean we have to stick by them. In life, you find out who you are gradually, not all at once. You made a bad choice, okay? But you can still get out of it.
Jane Stanton HitchcockStichwörter: choices-and-consequences
i thought about the miseries people conceal and how they manage to survive.
Jane Stanton HitchcockStichwörter: people
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