"I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make my marriage vows mean what they say. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh."

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Source : Anna Quindlen (2002). “A Short Guide to a Happy Life”, Arrow/Children's (a Division of Random House Group)

Anna Quindlen

#Marriage Quotes #Husband Quotes #Mean Quotes

“Since my mother is the type that's called schizophrenogenic in the literature-she's the one who makes crazy people, crazy children-I was awfully curious to find out why I didn't go insane.”
“I don't like movies where everything happens fast. I like the buildup, the obstacles, the mystery.”
“On stage I'm basically spiritually feeding all of these people in the audience, and making sure they're encouraged to connect with God.”

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“... what we can be positive about is what we have just said, namely that they must be given the right education, whatever that may be, as the surest way to make them behave humanely to each other and the subjects in their charge.”
“A few moments later Mom opened my door and peered in at me. "Logan Hansen is here to see you." If it had been anyone else in the world, I would have told my mother to send him away. Santa Claus himself could have shown up to explain his whereabouts since my childhood, and I would have turned him out.”
“Every well built house started in the form of a definite purpose plus a definite plan in the nature of a set of blueprints.”
“You cant get more for less. You get what you pay for.”

Source : "Expositio Canonis Missae" by Gabriel Biel, Lectio 86, 1576.
“In writing if it takes over 30 minutes to write the first two paragraphs select another subject.”

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