"At this time let us be exceedingly mindful that bearing one another's burdens and sharing one another's suffering is integral to being members of Christ's body."

-- Frank Griswold

#Suffering Quotes #Body Quotes #Being Me Quotes

“One thing anyone can go through is a slump. Unless you're Greg Maddux, it's going to happen to everybody.”
“As for the Republicans -- how can one regard seriously a frightened, greedy, nostalgic huddle of tradesmen and lucky idlers who shut their eyes to history and science, [and] steel their emotions against decent human sympathy.”

Source : Letter to C.L. Moore (August 1936), quoted in "H.P. Lovecraft, a Life" by S.T. Joshi, p. 574,
“You and I want our lives to matter. We want our lives to make a real difference - to be of genuine consequence in the world. We know that there is no satisfaction in merely going through the motions, even if those motions make us successful, or even if we have arranged to make those motions pleasant. We want to know we have made some impact on the world. In fact, you and I want to contribute to the quality of life. We want to make the world work.”
“I found the purpose of my existence, and also the purpose of my circumstance. There's a purpose for why you're in the fire.”
“You may write twenty lines one day--or even three like Euripides in three days--and a hundred lines in one more day--and yet on the hundred, may have been expended as much good work, as on the twenty and the three.”
“Status and class and social anxiety and perhaps social code are all released when you look at paintings of powerful individuals from the past.”
“I struggle with deciding when to answer or ignore the constant speculation about my private life, because I feel like that doesn't belong to anybody but me.”

Source : "‘Under My Skin’ Exclusive Interview w/ Lauren London". Interview with Kathleen Cross, kathleencross.com. May 27, 2011.
“I'm a patient person. I think that's one thing that I feel comfortable I can deal with - the downfall and the errors, as long as I see progress and people trying.”

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