"At the next vacancy for God, if I am elected, I shall forgive last the delicately wounded who, having been slugged no harder than anyone else, never got up again, neither to fight back, nor to finger their jaws in painful admiration."

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Source : 1959 'In Place of a Curse'.

John Ciardi

#Fighting Quotes #Forgiving Quotes #Vacancy Quotes

“Better to love God and die unknown than to love the world and be a hero.”
“It is sometimes hard to escape the belief that history exists against the artist.”

Source : "Ask the Author Live: Hisham Matar on Libya". The New Yorker Live Chat, www.newyorker.com. October 25, 2011.
“I've always said that racing in New York is performing on the big stage.”
“Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.”
“Drawing or painting allows the artist to know himself as a whole person.”
“A free and prosperous Iraq will be a major blow to the terrorists and their desire to establish a safe haven in Iraq where they can plan and plot attacks”
“The creation is the Bible of the Deist. He there reads, in the handwriting of the Creator himself, the certainty of His existence and the immutability of His power, and all other Bibles and Testaments are to him forgeries.”
“Feelings follow actions. If I'm feeling low, I deliberately act cheery, and I find myself actually feeling happier. If I'm feeling angry at someone, I do something thoughtful for her and my feelings toward her soften. This strategy is uncannily effective.”

Source : "10 instant tips to be happier now" by Gretchen Rubin, www.cnn.com. August 4, 2009.

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