Quotes from The Calling

James Frey ·  461 pages

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“Hate me if you must, but know that I will never hate you.”
― James Frey, quote from The Calling


“Enemies are a given. Friends are not.”
― James Frey, quote from The Calling


“I am as you see me. I am happy and able because I allow myself to be happy. I learned young that being active breeds more activity. That the gift of studying is knowledge. That seeing grants sight. That if you don't feel anger, you won't be angry. Sadness and frustration, even tragedy, are inevitable, but that doesn't mean that happiness isn't there for us, for all of us. My secret is that I choose to be the person that I want to be. That I don't believe in destiny or predetermination, but in choice, and that each of us chooses to be the person we are. Whatever you want to be you can be; whatever you want to do you can do; wherever you want to go you can go. The world, and the life ahead, is ours for the taking. The future is unwritten, and you can make it whatever you want it to be.”
― James Frey, quote from The Calling


“The future is unwritten. What will be will be.”
― James Frey, quote from The Calling


“My secret is that I choose to be the person that I want to be. That I don't believe in destiny or predetermination, but in choice, and that each of us chooses to be the person we are. Whatever you want to be you can be, whatever you want to do you can do, wherever you want to go you can go. The world, and the life ahead, is ours for the taking. The future is unwritten, and you can make it whatever you want it to be”
― James Frey, quote from The Calling



“I choose to be the person that i want to be”
― James Frey, quote from The Calling


About the author

James Frey
Born place: in Cleveland, Ohio, The United States
Born date September 12, 1969
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