"All the earth, though it were full of kind hearts, is but a desolation and desert place to a mother when her only child is absent."

-- Elizabeth Gaskell

#Mother Quotes #Children Quotes #Heart Quotes

“Once I thought that if I just had enough in the bank, if I had enough fame, that it would be all right. But I'm a human being like everyone else. I'm not exempt.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“We focus upon pairs of words very often which are the same in some areas and different in other areas.”

Source : Interview with Rosanne Skirble, learningenglish.voanews.com. January 12, 2005.
“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.”
“Yet there's a hunger in me still. I'm like only beginning. I feel like I still have so much to learn.”
“I, Tivadar Kosztka, who gave up his prime of youth for the rebirth of the world, accepting the call of the invisible Spirit, had a regular civil job, comfort, wealth then ... Going to Paris in 1907 I oppositely standed alone in front of millions with only the result of the divine providence, and I beat the vanity of the world hollow, but I haven't killed 10 million people, only sobered them. I haven't made commercials from things, because I didn't care for the pedlar's press; I retired from the world instead, going to the top of the Lebanons, and I painted cedars.”

Source : "The Positivum". Pamphlet by Tivadar Kosztka Csontvary, written between 1910-1920.
“I choose gentleness... Nothing is won by force. I choose to be gentle. If I raise my voice may it be only in praise. If I clench my fist, may it be only in prayer. If I make a demand, may it be only of myself.”
“Enemies are, to me, as important as friends in my life, and when they die I mourn their passing.”

Source : Jessica Mitford (2012). “Poison Penmanship: The Gentle Art of Muckraking”, p.219, New York Review of Books
“I have a Keurig coffee maker, which is really kind of a luxury. It was given to me by an ex. I realized when I'm feeling sentimental, I'll gently, tenderly press the button. Then when I remember he dumped me, I punch it.”

Source : "What Comedian Mo Rocca Eats For Breakfast" by Julia Bainbridge, www.huffingtonpost.com. October 31, 2012.

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