"The ability of a person to atone has always been the most remarkable of human features."

-- Leon Uris

#Apology Quotes #Remarkable Quotes #Ability Quotes

“It’s said that the shuffling of the cards is the earth, and the pattering of the cards is the rain, and the beating of the cards is the wind, and the pointing of the cards is the fire. That’s of the four suits. But the Greater Trumps, it’s said, are the meaning of all process and the measure of the everlasting dance.”

Source : Charles Williams (2016). “The Greater Trumps”, p.21, Wipf and Stock Publishers
“Feminism is sort of like God. Many people profess to believe in it, but no one seems to be able to define it to everyone's satisfaction.”
“The plants filled the place, a forest of them, with nasty meaty leaves and stalks like the newly washed fingers of dead men.”
“It's time to make love, douse the glim; The fireflies twinkle and dim; The stars lean together Like birds of a feather, And the loin lies down with the limb.”

Source : Conrad Aiken (1964). “A seizure of limericks”
“I love Christmas. A time to slow down and enjoy life and be with my family and friends. In busy years, it keeps me sane. In bad years, it makes me feel whole again.”
“Dixie has just fallen to pieces. There are little patches of Dixie. But even in the heart of Dixie - in Alabama - Dixie is slipping. They've stopped using the word in commercial listings.”
“Well, when I am fifty-three or so I would like to write a novel as good as Persuasion but with a modern setting, of course. For the next thirty years or so I shall be collecting material for it. If anyone asks me what I work at, I shall say, 'Collecting material'. No one can object to that.”
“My mum and dad are pretty amazing chefs and they spent most of my childhood cooking really extravagant things for my sister and me.”

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