"I was a dog on a short chain / and now there's no chain."

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Source : Jim Harrison, “Barking”

Jim Harrison

#Dog Quotes #Freedom Quotes #Chains Quotes

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“If you allowed yourself to hear or feel amusement, you would hear and feel pain.”
“The liberty to live for self alone becomes in time a weary bondage.”

Source : Florence L. Barclay (2012). “The Rosary”, p.168, The Floating Press
“But since the middle of the century in particular, the music has become very irregular in rhythm.”
“It is not your business to love me. It is mine.”
“A lot of people think my sarcasm comes from insecurity and defensiveness, but I assure you I'm just being petty and cruel.”
“The rediscovered path, where were left the traces of childhood's lost steps.”
“Stand by your bed and salute me.”

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