Obsessions are the only things that matter.
– Patricia Highsmith
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- I have been sadder than any man could be: for nothing in the world was made for me. – Patricia Highsmith
- And she did not have to ask if this was right, no one had to tell her, because this could not have been more right or perfect. – Patricia Highsmith
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- I tell him his business, all business, is legalized throat-cutting, like marriage is legalized fornication. – Patricia Highsmith
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- Honesty, for me, is usually the worst policy imaginable. – Patricia Highsmith
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- The justice I have received, I shall give back. – Patricia Highsmith
- What else mattered except being with Carol, anywhere, anyhow? – Patricia Highsmith
- Once a person has become detached from his possessions, his customary duties, his moments of solitude, where is he? What is he? – Patricia Highsmith
- Honestly, I don’t understand why people get so worked up about a little murder! – Patricia Highsmith
- How you matter is defined by the things that matter to you. You matter as much as the things that matter to you do. – John Green
- Turn those deep feelings and obsessions of your heart into captivating pieces of literature. – Pawan Mishra
- To be a success, follow your obsessions obsessively. – Debasish Mridha
- Follow your dreams, your passions – your obsessions. Persistence will always turn failure into success. – Cody McLain
- Obsessions don’t subside. They evolve. – Alex Crimson
- Our thoughts shape us. We become our obsessions. Our thoughts can enslave us or save us. – Kilroy J Oldster
- Some thoughts are too angry to sleep. They lie awake all night and become obsessions. – Marty Rubin
- An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions, and I have mine. – Andres Serrano
- All scholars are a bit mad. All obsessions are dangerous. – AS Byatt
- Carol was like a secret spreading through her. – Highsmith
- Agile Project Management focuses on selecting the right skills for project team members and molding them into productive teams. – Jim Highsmith
- No matter what happens, no matter who turns on me, no matter what pompous swine thinks he has power over me, I am still me. I will always be me. – Sara Raasch
- No matter who you are,no matter what you did,no matter where you’ve come from,You can always change,become a better version of yourself. – Madonna
- Someone once asked me how I hold my head up so high after all I have been through. I said it’s because no matter what, I am a survivor NOT a victim. – Patricia Buckley
- …there are some things for which there are no answers, no matter how beautiful the words may be. – Patricia MacLachlan
- Our wishes become real and solid if we work on their formation. If it matters to you, make energy become matter. – Patricia Robin Woodruff
- That is certainly one way to look at the matter. There are others. – Patricia C Wrede
- Fear is a matter of misplaced attention. Focus on redirecting it. – Patricia Ryan Madson
- A man is always right to pursue the thing he loves.No matter even if it kills him?I think so. Yes. No matter what. – Cormac McCarthy
- Persistence is the twin sister of excellence. One is a matter of quality; the other, a matter of time. – Habeeb Akande