"The world of learning is so broad, and the human soul is so limited in power! We reach forth and strain every nerve, but we seize only a bit of the curtain that hides the infinite from us."

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Source : Maria Mitchell (1896). “Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals”

Maria Mitchell

#Soul Quotes #Nerves Quotes #World Quotes

“There is a thin line that separates laughter and pain, comedy and tragedy, humor and hurt.”
“I have a kind of psychic invisibility. As long as I can stay scared, I can keep people from seeing me. That's what we have to count on.”
“I think a lot of women are underestimated.”
“Well, first I studied piano. I wasn't very satisfied because I though my teachers were dumb... and repressive.”
“For a woman to be able to dominate and also be feminine and soft, that's a talent. And its not all about appearance. A woman who has a brain, who is street-smart and book-smart, that woman is very, very sexy to me.”
“We've all gathered together, and whatever goes down is what goes down.”

Source : "Greg Walloch Comedian, Storyteller, and Eat Your Words Host". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. January 27, 2015.
“Sprawled out on the front lawn Looking up at an ordinary sky It could fall on me and somehow be The day I didn't die”
“Iâ€™m afraid to close my eyes, Iâ€™m afraid to open them”

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