"On that first day when we look back, either happily or with remorse, to the stony ways over which we have traveled, losing concern for that part of the journey which is yet to come, we have grown old."

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Source : Myrtle Reed (1905). “The Master's Violin”

Myrtle Reed

#Journey Quotes #Age Quotes #Looks Quotes

“On one thing professionals and amateurs agree: mothers can't win.”

Source : Margaret Drabble (2013). “The Middle Ground”, p.68, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
“Great changes start with individuals; the basis of world peace is inner peace in the hearts of individuals.”
“Imagine you are walking in the woods and you see a small dog sitting by a tree. As you approach it, it suddenly lunges at you, teeth bared. You are frightened and angry. But then you notice that one of its legs is caught in a trap. Immediately your mood shifts from anger to concern: You see that the dog's aggression is coming from a place of vulnerability and pain. This applies to all of us. When we behave in hurtful ways, it is because we are caught in some kind of trap. The more we look through the eyes of wisdom at ourselves and one another, the more we cultivate a compassionate heart.”
“From the place by the railing at the edge of the tracks on the summer evening I return across the city to my own room. I am vividly aware of my own life that escaped the winter on the boat. How many such lives I have lived. Then I only made a dollar and a half a day and now I sometimes make more than that in a few minutes. How wonderful to be able to write words. ... Again I begin the endless game of reconstructing my own life, jerking it out of the shell that dies, striving to breathe into it beauty and meaning. ... I wonder why my life, why all lives, are not more beautiful.”
“I don't do all that well in the writerly world. I'm happier being outside the flow.”
“Love is the biggest eraser there is. Love erases even the deepest imprinting because love goes deeper then anything. If you childhood imprinting was very strong, and you keep saying: "It's their fault. I can't change," you stay stuck.”
“Some intentionally injure others through mocking, sarcasm with no intent to help. Others are trying to help.”
“The propensity to make strong emotional bonds to particular individuals [is] a basic component of human nature”

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