Christian McEwen famous quotes

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Do no cheat thy Heart and tell her, 'Grief will pass away.'
A dead grief is easier to bear than a live trouble.
I am going to St. Petersburg, Florida, tomorrow. Let the worthy citizens of Chicago get their liquor the best they can. I'm sick of the job-it's a thankless one and full of grief. I've been spending the best years of my life as a public benefactor.
You have to remember that I was a bright but simple fellow from Canada who seldom, if ever, met another writer, and then only a so-called literary type that occasionally sold a story and meanwhile worked in an office for a living.
I don't recall having any self-awareness about the intricacy of my stories.
Every shrink knows that it's not the event itself but how you respond to it that tells the story. Take ten assorted individuals, expose them all to the same life trial, and they will each suffuse it with exquisite personal detail and meaning.
One grows out of pity when it's useless.
Moon! Moon! I am prone before you. Pity me,and drench me in loneliness.
Pity is like eating mustard without beef.
The person who deserves most pity is a lonesome one on a rainy day who doesn't know how to read.

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