"When a person that one loves is in the world and alive and well, and pleased to be in the world, then to miss them is only a new flavor, a salt sharpness in experience. It is when the beloved is unhappy or maimed or troubled that one misses with pain."

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Source : Winifred Holtby, Vera Brittain (1960). “Selected letters of Winifred Holtby and Vera Brittain, 1920-1935”

Winifred Holtby

#Pain Quotes #Love Is Quotes #Missing Quotes

“I have several close friends who have run marathons, a word that is actually derived from two Swahili words: mara, which means 'to die a horrible death', and thon, which means 'for a stupid T-shirt.' Look it up.”

Source : Celia Rivenbark (2009). “You Can't Drink All Day If You Don't Start in the Morning”, p.183, Macmillan
“I happen to be interested in watching a face age. I like faces of women aging so it makes me personally quite sad. That's a beautiful gift from God. If people don't want to see that anymore then I won't be in anymore movies.”
“Some people have got a mental horizon of radius zero and call it their point of view.”
“My little boy Sonny makes me laugh all the time. He has good comedic timing.”
“One's spirituality is about one's deepest personal understanding of and interactions with Life and God... whatever those may be.”
“It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment.”
“A statesman who shakes the fruit trees of his neighbors - to dislodge the worms.”
“The most important function of art and science is to Awaken the cosmic religious feeling and keep it alive.”

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