"Nature protects us in our uttermost losses by a density through which conviction is slow to penetrate."

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Source : Mary Hartwell Catherwood (2012). “Lazarre”, p.307, tredition

Mary Catherwood

#Loss Quotes #Density Quotes #Denial Quotes

“Force is never more operative than when it is known to exist but is not brandished.”

Source : Alfred Thayer Mahan (1912). “Armaments and Arbitration, Or, The Place of Force in the International Relations of States”, p.105, The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.
“I wish to say what I think and feel today, with the proviso that tomorrow perhaps I shall contradict it all.”
“I believe in something. But I don't believe that anything can hold a grudge for long enough to condemn its creation to eternal punishment. Nobody can hold a grudge that long, even God.”
“Keep company with the more cheerful sort of the Godly; there is no mirth like the mirth of believers.”
“When I was living in England I found that the more I lived abroad, the more American I discovered I was.”
“Believe you can do it. Believing something can be done puts your mind to work for you and helps you find ways to do it.”

Source : George Shinn (2014). “The Miracle of Motivation: The Guide to Becoming Everything You Want to Be”, p.111, BookBaby
“The world, life and human beings are only an illusion, a phantom, a dream image.”

Source : August Strindberg (1983). “Strindberg, Five Plays”, p.11, Univ of California Press
“It's my attempt to remain invisible, not distract the reader from the story with obvious writing.”

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