"I, too, seem to be a connoisseur of rain, but it does not fill me with joy; it allows me to steep myself in a solitude I nurse like a vice I've refused to vanquish."

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Source : Julia Glass (2003). “Three Junes”, Vintage

Julia Glass

#Rain Quotes #Nurse Quotes #Joy Quotes

“When all else fails there's always delusion.”
“The constitution gives every American the inalienable right to make a damn fool of himself.”
“We may not substitute charity for godliness; but there is room for the Divine love in the heart which has been touched by the human.”

Source : William Morley Punshon (1873). “Lectures and Sermons”, p.208, Adam, Stevenson
“The bit I love is I really love acting, really, and the circus of being a celebrity is something I'm sort of not interested in. I find it strange”
“Not to forgive is to be imprisoned by the past, by old grievances that do not permit life to proceed with new business.”
“She's like a queen, magnificently tall, with a lovely figure, a stately neck, and a face of the most delicate and finished modelling: the flow of surface from the temples over the cheek is exactly like the carving of a Phidean goddess”
“I found Donald Trump to be very attuned to what was going on around the world.”
“Substantial progress toward better things can rarely be taken without developing new evils requiring new remedies.”

Source : William Howard Taft, David Henry Burton (2009). “William Howard Taft: Essential Writings and Addresses”, p.157, Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press

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