"Things you can't understand are always the hardest to bear. To know why is the first step to consolation."

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Source : Patricia Wentworth (1958). “The Alington inheritance”

Patricia Wentworth

#Firsts Quotes #Bears Quotes #Steps Quotes

“Even in the life of a Christian, faith rises and falls like the tides of an invisible sea. It's there, even when he can't see it or feel it, if he wants it to be there. You realize, I think, that it is more valuable, more mysterious, altogether more immense than anything you can learn or decide upon It will keep you free - not free to do anything you please, but free to be formed by something larger than your own intellect or the intellects around you.”
“Celebrate your successes. Find some humor in your failures.”

Source : Sam Walton (2012). “Sam Walton: Made In America”, p.316, Bantam
“It's fine to have social media that connects us with old friends, but we need tools that help us discover new people as well.”
“That's what a good crime novelist - any good novelist - should do with you: play with your perceptions while showing you everything in plain sight.”
“I'm an actor. I love to act. That's my job. I'll leave the politicking to others.”

Source : "Jimmy Smits - Actor, Activist and Altruist". Interview with Lisa Manafian, www.hispanic-today.com. September 08, 2011.
“He drove his mind into the abyss where poetry is written.”
“Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.”

Source : Dr. Laurence J. Peter (2013). “Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Times”, p.65, Harper Collins
“Love, I think, is a gateway to the world, not an escape from it.”

Source : Mark Doty (2009). “Dog Years: A Memoir”, p.8, Harper Collins

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