"For nothing is so hard to hear as that which is half known, and evaded. One never denies so hotly as in denying to one's self what one fears is true, and one never resents so bitterly as in resenting that which one cannot say one has the right to resent."

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Source : Susan Glaspell, Eric S. Rabkin (1912). “Lifted Masks, and Other Works”, p.84, University of Michigan Press

Susan Glaspell

#Self Quotes #Half Quotes #Deny Quotes

“It has been said of garlic that everyone knows its odor save he who has eaten it, and who wonders why everyone flies at his approach.”
“When inspiration does not come, I go for a walk, go to the movie, talk to a friend, let go... The muse is bound to return again, especially if I turn my back!”

Source : "Wise Highs: How to Thrill, Chill, & Get Away from It All Without Alcohol or Other Drugs" by Alex J. Packer, (p. 213), 2006.
“Children wear their natures like brightly-colored clothes; that's why they lie so transparently. Adulthood is the art of deceit.”
“Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great.”
“I listened as the words became sentences and the sentences became pages and the pages became feelings and voices and places and people.”

Source : Jennifer Donnelly (2015). “A Gathering Light”, p.22, Bloomsbury Publishing
“I'm not one of those actors that goes to watch the playback, after every take. I really don't like it, and I don't want to see it.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“It is by suffering that human beings become angels.”
“Keep calm and pass me the ball.”

Source : "Premier League: 10 talking points from the Boxing Day action", www.theguardian.com. December 27, 2012.

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