"That thorny path, those stormy skies, have drawn our spirits nearer; and rendered us, by sorrow's ties, each to the other dearer."

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Source : Bernard Barton, Lucy Barton (1853). “Poems and Letters by Bernard Barton: With a Memoir”, p.160

Bernard Barton

#Adversity Quotes #Sky Quotes #Ties Quotes

“To create something and not to be attached to what you have created is a spiritual process.”
“When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic. Women face childbed and the scrubbing brush, revolutionaries keep their mouths shut in the torture chamber, battleships go down with their guns still firing when their decks are awash.”
“A piercing satire, a poignant family drama and an investigation of the competing claims of honesty, loyalty, ambition and love.”
“You make sacrifices to become a mother, but you really find yourself and your soul.”
“I was timid and frightened as a child. Yours truly did not shin up mountains or do any other kind of adventurous stuff.”
“People are very much wrought up about the Communist bugaboo.”
“A woman's head is always influenced by her heart, but a man's heart is always influenced by his head.”
“A young actor once asked me, What do you do between jobs? I said, Hobbies, hobbies, and more hobbies.”

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