"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. [Lat., Gratus animus est una virtus non solum maxima, sed etiam mater virtutum onmium reliquarum.]"

-- Marcus Tullius Cicero

#Gratitude Quotes #Heart Quotes #Parent Quotes

“People feel optimistic. Look at the jobs report.”
“I'd be smiling if I wasn't so desperate. I'd be patient if I had the time.”
“The meaning of poetry has no sureness of direction; is like the sling, it is not under control.”
“If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them.”
“Daughter, I want you to form the most intense, loving relationship with yourself. Only then will you realize your capacity for kindness and emotional expansiveness. Daughter, after you have formed this relationship with yourself, I want you to love others with the openness and humility that you always embodied as a child. Daughter, I want you to forgive easily, laugh loudly and never allow yourself to become the invisible, silent woman that your mother was. Daughter, this is how we soften our hearts and become better human beings.”
“I like to write pop songs and the stuff I write is fairly poppy, so I thought maybe my lot in life was to write pop songs for people. It never felt right writing songs for other people to sing, though.”
“Philosophy gets its ugly head into everything, but I don't think we live philosophy anymore. It's done.”
“I will live for love and the rest will take care of itself”

Source : Marina Keegan (2014). “The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories”, p.5, Simon and Schuster

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