"In the end it all came down to companionship, to friendship, to sacrifice, to compromise."

-- Richard Russo

#Sacrifice Quotes #Companionship Quotes #Compromise Quotes

“I committed my life to Christ, and that faith has been most important to me ever since.”
“Those who dare to interpret God's will must never claim Him as an asset for one nation or group rather than another.”
“Avoid at all costs that vile spew you see rotting in oil in screwtop jars. Too lazy to peel fresh? You don't deserve to eat garlic.”
“The heart of blogging is linking - linking and commenting. Connecting and communicating - the purpose of the Internet.”
“I don't think I've ever tried to change anyone. I don't have the energy.”
“It is enough to make anybody's blood bile in thier vains to think how different sin is looked upon in a man and woman. I say sin is sin, and you can't make goodness out of it by parsin' it in the masculine gender, no more'n you can by parsin' it in the feminine or neutral.”

Source : Marietta Holley (1875). “My Opinions and Betsy Bobbet's: Designed as a Beacon Light, to Guide Women to Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness, But which May be Read by Members of the Sterner Sect, Without Injury to Themselves Or the Book”, p.113
“And the secret garden bloomed and bloomed and every morning revealed new miracles.”

Source : Frances Hodgson Burnett (2014). “The Secret Garden”, p.207, Trajectory Inc
“If the rest of his foursome are bunched directly behind his ball, or assume the foetal position with their backs to the tee, the golfer is reminded that his drive tends to be erratic. More cruel yet is for his opponent to stand directly in the projected line of flight, as the safest place to be.”

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