"Those who have been made great have first suffered."

-- Myrtle Reed

#Suffering Quotes #Firsts Quotes #Made Quotes

“Her body was wrapped in shadows like moth wings, like rose-petals.”
“We can never be sure that the opinion we are endeavoring to stifle is a false opinion; and if we were sure, stifling it would be an evil still.”
“The Obama administration took rapid and decisive action to restructure GM and Chrysler. Within a fairly short period of time these companies were working effectively again.”
“And my desire,' he said, 'is a desire that is as long as a year; but it is love given to an echo, the spending of grief on a wave, a lonely fight with a shadow, that is what my love and my desire have been to me.”

Source : Lady Gregory (2013). “The Essential Lady Gregory Collection”, p.108, eBookIt.com
“Without vanity a writer's work is tepid, and he must accept his vanity as part of his stock in trade and live with it as one of the hazards of his profession.”

Source : moss hart (1959). “act one”
“And what we can see if we look deep within is that the authentic self is the Soul made visible. Do not try to remake yourself into something you're not. Just try making the best of what God made. The sacred art and craft of nurturing our souls and the souls of those we love is Simple Abundance soulcraft. Begin today by turning on the Light.”
“I am the kind of person that is drawn to colors against my will.”
“Don't worry about never having time to write. Just write what you can in the time you do have and give yourself a big clap on the back, followed by a double latte and a blueberry muffin.”

Source : Rachel Johnson (2009). “In a Good Place: A Novel”, p.317, Simon and Schuster

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