"If you are able to explain suffering, a man once told him, you weren't really there."

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Source : Barry Hannah (2002). “Yonder Stands Your Orphan”, p.323, Grove Press

Barry Hannah

#Men Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Able Quotes

“The willingness of America's veterans to sacrifice for our country has earned them our lasting gratitude.”
“Fate only picks on the cowards and quitters, So give 'em both barrels - and aim for the eyes.”
“If you gotta label me, label me proud.”
“I long for solitude and yet I cannot stand it.”
“I know that each one of us travels to love alone, alone to faith and to death. I know it. I've tried it. It doesn't help. Let me come with you.”
“The muffled syllables that Nature speaks Fill us with deeper longing for her word; She hides a meaning that the spirit seeks, She makes a sweeter music than is heard.”
“Life is precious and relationships are precious. I'm a great believer in family.”
“Very few worries can stand against the influence of a good long walk ... How many petty annoyances have I thus walked away!”

Source : Charlotte Alington Barnard (1877). “Thoughts, verses, and songs, by Claribel”

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