Sheila Ballantyne Professions : Author Born : July 26, 1936 Died : May 2, 2007 Browse All Authors Top 19 quotes by Sheila Ballantyne The trouble with going crazy is that you have to go around making it up to everyone afterwards. It seems they should be making something up to you. Sheila Ballantyne up-to-you crazy trouble Some of my best friends are illusions. Been sustaining me for years. Sheila Ballantyne my-best-friend inspirational years You can always trust information given you by people who are crazy; they have an access to truth not available through regular channels. Sheila Ballantyne crazy inspirational people Sundays are terrible because it is clear that there is no one in charge of the world. And this knowledge leave you drifting around, grappling with unfulfilled expectations and vague yearnings. Sheila Ballantyne sunday expectations world It's expectation that differentiates you from the dead. Sheila Ballantyne differentiate expectations The moon develops the imagination, as chemicals develop photographic images. Sheila Ballantyne chemicals moon imagination I can’t wait fifteen years to do my work: Because my ideas are coming now. Sheila Ballantyne waiting years ideas Californians are good at planning for the earthquake, while simultaneously denying it will happen. Sheila Ballantyne californians planning earthquakes You might not have thought it possible to give birth to others before one has given birth to oneself, but I assure you it is quite possible, it has been done; I offer myself in evidence as Exhibit A. Sheila Ballantyne done might giving everything is ambiguous. It's exciting, in a way, if you can tolerate ambiguity. I can't, but I'm taking a course where it's taught, in the hope of acquiring the skill. It's called Modern Living, and you get no credit. Sheila Ballantyne credit skills way Life is like a great jazz riff. You sense the end the very moment you were wanting it to go on forever. Sheila Ballantyne life-is-like goes-on forever Inner resources are like natural resources; they both dry up eventually when the demands on them are heavy. Sheila Ballantyne dry-up demand natural Illusions are crucial to the maintenance of life functions. Sheila Ballantyne illusion function maintenance Ghetto humor is the social twin of fantasy; together they sustain the powerless, who accomplish miracles through illusion. Sheila Ballantyne ghetto miracle humor There is no irritant as painful as an ace up your sleeve that you can never use; it's the kind of thing that causes oysters to produce pearls. Sheila Ballantyne oysters pearls use If you have enough fantasies, you're ready, in the event that something happens. Sheila Ballantyne fantasy events enough It's unbelievable the primitive feelings that are aroused by rapid change. Sheila Ballantyne rapids change feelings in California death is one of the most successfully kept secrets there is. If you doubt this, try to find a cemetery. Sheila Ballantyne california secret doubt The freeway is the last frontier. It is unsurpassed as a training ground for the sharpening of survival skills. Sheila Ballantyne training survival skills Similar Authors F. E. Marsh author Iimani David author Beatrice Faust author Isabella Macdonald Alden author Isabella Beeton author Alan AtKisson author All Authors
