"That holy, humble, meek, modest, retiring Form, sometimes called the Spirit of Prayer, has been dragged from the closet, and so rudely handled by some of her professed friends, that she has not only lost all her wonted loveliness, but is now stalking the street, in some places, stark mad."

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Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 193, 1895.

Asahel Nettleton

#Prayer Quotes #Humble Quotes #Mad Quotes

“I don't despise, because no-one should live rent-free inside your head.”
“Some people are so heavenly minded that they are no earthly good.”
“I'm always pleased when people respond to the work”
“The recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents.”

Source : "Go Orange!". National Review Online Interview, www.nationalreview.com. November 30, 2004.
“A wet boy has a deader, an assassin has a target, because assassins sometimes miss.”
“Being without work [in the United States] is still far better for most people than being employed in Central America.”
“[To waiter who had spilled soup on her:] Never darken my Dior again!”

Source : Quoted in Lore and Maurice Cowan, The Wit of Women (1969)
“Cleansed, chlorinated to the point of chemical peel, sore muscles relieved, I felt almost human again. Tiptoe to my room, up a darkened hall, past closed doors, I wondered if I'd ever feel completely human again.”

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