"Purring is not so different from praying. To a tree, a cat's purr is one of the purest of all prayers, for in it lies a whole mixture of gratitude and longing, the twin ingredients of every prayer."

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Source : Kathi Appelt (2012). “The Underneath”, p.83, Simon and Schuster

Kathi Appelt

#Gratitude Quotes #Prayer Quotes #Lying Quotes

“You really can't categorize my music, it's human music.”
“Donâ€™t try to plan everything out to the very last detail. Iâ€™m a big believer in just getting it out there: create a minimal viable product or website, launch it, and get feedback.”
“I play a recurring role for a character named Doctor Imo. I assist the villain and show up from time to time.”
“In my experience—and I admit I didn't anticipate this—most blacks are delighted to have a 100-percent honest conversation with a white man about race.”

Source : "Noble Lies Are for Children". Interview with John Derbyshire, www.unz.com. December 23, 2010.
“I still enjoy watching films more than making them.”
“The sculptor represents the transition from one pose to another he indicates how insensibly the first glides into the second. In his work we still see a part of what was and we discover a part of what is to be.”
“All playwrights should be dead for three hundred years.”

Source : "Fictional character: Margo". "All About Eve", www.imdb.com. 1950.
“Limitless like the ocean are your excellent qualities.”

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