"The world is full of tragedy; and sympathy, a little common sympathy, can do so much to soften the worst of grief. It is for the lack of that, that people despair and go down."

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Source : Mona Caird, Margaret Morganroth Gullette (1894). “The Daughters of Danaus”, p.490, Feminist Press at CUNY

Mona Caird

#Grief Quotes #People Quotes #Despair Quotes

“don't take many words to break a fragile heart!”
“Abstraction is everybody's zero but nobody's nought.”

Source : Robert Smithson, Jack D. Flam (1996). “Robert Smithson, the Collected Writings”, p.42, Univ of California Press
“Everyone's a different person when they're younger. You evolve as a human being with knowledge and attitude and challenges and obstacles in life.”
“If there is a secret to writing, I havenâ€™t found it yet. All I know is you need to sit down, clear your mind, and hang in there.”
“Uriah drops his tray next to me. It is loaded with beef stew and chocolate cake. I stare at the cake pile. â€œThere was cake?â€ I say, looking at my own plate, which is more sensibly stocked than Uriahâ€™s. â€œYeah, someone just brought it out. Found a couple boxes of the mix in the back and baked it,â€ he says. â€œYou can have a few bites of mine.â€ â€œA few bites? So youâ€™re planning on eating that mountain of cake by yourself?â€ â€œYes.â€ He looks confused. â€œWhy?â€ â€œNever mind.”
“I wish I was a little more gregarious and outgoing”
“Conceit is an insuperable obstacle to all progress. On the other hand, it is of little use to take criticism in a slavish spirit and to act on it without understanding it.”
“Maybe the biggest problem with loneliness is that we walk around thinking we're the only ones suffering from it.”

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