"Living to an extraordinary age, she mourned them all equally as she buried her husband and, one by one, her children. In this suffering she found the best sort of perfection--the kind that never demands it of others."

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Source : Martine Leavitt (2016). “Keturah and Lord Death”, p.92, Highlights Press

Martine Leavitt

#Husband Quotes #Children Quotes #Perfection Quotes

“Sometimes I feel like I am on top of the world. Other times it feels like the world is on top of me.”
“Without wearing any mask we are conscious of, we have a special face for each friend.”
“Every relationship for a Christian is an opportunity to love another person like God has loved us.”
“I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.”
“I like any big city. I like any place where you can see a guy with a pants-full of pooh fighting a ghost.”
“Whatever, crazy chick who maybe lives here and maybe also breaks into Michael's house when they're all gone. I'm out. Have a nice delusion. -Shayne”
“I myself wouldn't want to read a magazine that focuses solely on a small part of the literary field or of the popular culture - better to smash the borders and look for interesting and important stuff from many different forms of storytelling.”
“There is a fine line in the Third World between half a dozen customs officials waiting for you to offer them a bribe and half a dozen customs officials waiting for you to offer them a bribe so they can throw you in jail.”

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