"Let us be patient with one another, And even patient with ourselves. We have a long, long way to go. So let us hasten along the road, The road of human tenderness and generosity. Groping, we may find one another's hands in the dark."

-- Emily Greene Balch

#Dark Quotes #Hands Quotes #Long Quotes

“Be Yourself -The man who is neither bent upon pleasing his fellows nor afraid of offending them will enjoy great peace.”
“Without silence, there cannot be any real appreciation in life, which is as delicate in its inner fabric as a closed rosebud.”
“If you're feeling pain, express that to the Lord. If you're feeling worried, express those worries. One passage that gives me comfort is in Psalms, Chapter 11, verse 3, it reads, "When all that is good falls apart, what can good people do?" That's really the question of the day.”
“People who live in glass houses must reeeeeallly trust their neighbors.”
“As the work progresses the careful reader will insert mental interrogation points here and there. He will find that his interest increases as the interrogation points become more frequent, and that it culminates where they are changed to marks of positive dissent. I venture to record the opinion that the value of the work reaches a maximum in a passage that is demonstrably incorrect.”
“I struggle immensely with celebrities of all kinds. I get clammy hands and turn a little purple.”
“Choices are easy when you have nothing to lose.”

Source : Barbara Delinsky (2009). “While My Sister Sleeps”, p.270, Anchor
“Courage was mine, and I had mystery, Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery: To miss the march of this retreating world Into vain citadels that are not walled.”

Source : Poems (1963 ed.) "Strange Meeting"

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