"In connection with death, or birth, or love, modesty is only a rather puerile self-consciousness."

-- Margaret Deland

#Self Quotes #Connections Quotes #Modesty Quotes

“All earth-born hopes with time must pass away; prayer grasps eternal things; pray, always pray.”
“Let's say there are prospects for a new Nigeria, but I don't think we have a new Nigeria yet.”
“You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great”
“To sustain love, a man and a woman must continually be marrying and divorcing, moving with, against, away from, and beyond each other, saying 'yes' and 'no'.”
“What happens is that, you know, on Mondays, at least in the Senate, you know, Monday night wed have what youd call a bed-check vote. Just to get, you know, the machinery of the Senate up and running so they can start the committee process; on Tuesday morning, things go. By Thursday, you know, jet fumes, the smell of jet fumes.”

Source : "After Leaving Senate, Snowe Is Still 'Fighting For Common Ground'". Interview with David Greene, www.npr.org. May 13, 2013.
“You become a celebrity, not because of your work or what you do, but because you have no privacy.”
“Praying can make a difference, and it is up to all of us to try that, with faith, and see if it will not support these admirable troops, their spouses, and their families.”
“I am not a hero in soul and never will be, but I am better than I was before. Or so I tell myself; and for now that is enough.”

Source : Andrew Davidson (2008). “The Gargoyle”, p.400, Canongate Books

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